AI as Leverage
I use AI at work every day in an industry being reshaped by it. Then I go home and use it to build things for myself. This is where I document what it can actually do.
The room went silent. I'd just shown a group of business experts what AI could do to their workflows in real time. The silence wasn't confusion — it was recognition. This is a post about what that moment taught me, and why I now negotiate AI access the same way I negotiate salary.
Asset BuildingI had an idea at my sister's graduation. By that night I had a working AI portfolio manager placing real paper trades. Here's how it works — and what I'm waiting for before I trust it with real money.
AI as LeverageTwo tweets. Two weeks suspended. One appeal. What happens when a platform decides your perfectly reasonable automation is inauthentic behavior — and what it actually taught me about where AI leverage has limits.
AI as LeverageA text. A hard deadline. An outdated resume. And I was sitting in a work offsite when the clock started. Here's the AI workflow that got me there — and what the outcome actually taught me.
One essay, every week. No noise in between.