Did I Sell Out to AI?
Why Real Experiments, Personal Data, and Connecting the Dots Will Always Beat Copy-Paste Research
Last Friday, my laptop just broke.
I was mid-workout, came to check something, and the screen was frozen.
No big deal, I thought—probably just a bug. Let’s restart.
But instead of booting into Windows, it went straight into the BIOS screen.
Uh oh.
I restarted again—same thing.
Now I’m mildly freaking out.
Still, I kept it calm. Took a breath. Let’s get it to the pros.
I called the first repair shop. The receptionist said the technician could maybe look at it in 1–2 weeks.
Bruh.
I was about to phone a second shop when I figured—let me ask ChatGPT if it knows what’s up.
Within minutes we narrowed it down: probably need to reinstall Windows.
Did that. Didn’t work.
We went down the troubleshooting rabbit hole, tried all kinds of tools to salvage the hard drive. Nothing worked. Eventually realized the hard drive had just straight-up died. That’s why the laptop stopped working in the first place.
So I ordered a new one, installed it myself that next Monday (shit always needs to happen over the weekend, am I right?), reinstalled Windows… and boom. Back in action.
All with the help of ChatGPT.
Honestly, I feel like I could get a job as a tech now. Zero formal training, and I’d still probably fix things faster than most shops. I’d make bank.
ChatGPT is the bausssss.
But only with some things.
Not when it comes to health, your body, your intuition, your research, or your experience.
Over the years, I’ve solved my own health issues, spent over 10,000 hours digging through research, working with clients, and writing content that’s based on lived reality—not theory.
I’ve tested GPT on health topics. It’s… okay. But not even close to the level of depth I bring.
Even when it’s “well-researched,” it’s surface-level. No synthesis. No nuance. No real-world context.
Not a flex—just facts.
The Thing AI Will Never Do
And here’s the biggest reason AI will never replace me: experiments.
I love running experiments—that’s what fuels me.
Like my recent white button mushroom (WBM) experiment, which skyrocketed my testosterone-to-estrogen ratio.
It’s not just about the end result of a single experiment; it’s the trends you start to see when you connect the dots:
how labs change with subtle shifts in your health,
what correlates with what,
things you’d never catch in a controlled study.
AI can read research papers. But AI can’t run real experiments, make personal observations, and synthesize it with lived experience.
That’s where my best insights come from.
And that’s why I love sharing them with you. It’s a unique perspective you won’t find anywhere else.
So when I write, all the research, connections, and insights come from me.
I use GPT as a writing assistant, not a thinking assistant.
Even then, I still have to fix missing pieces, backtrack, add nuance, rework things, etc.
It saves time, sure. But it’s not magic. It’s not me.
And I’ll never sell out to AI.
Because I love what I do—reading, testing, digging into papers, trying new ideas, solving tough problems.
It’s a craft. A pursuit. A purpose.
And AI can’t replace that. Ever.
I don’t want to outsource my brain so I can loaf at some beach café all day. That would bore me to death.
So yeah—what you’re getting from me is 100% me.
That’s why you’re here.
You’re not getting this info anywhere else.
Also—yeah, this weekend was stressful. I lost years of data on that drive. But I stayed calm. Adapted.
Worked from my phone. Did more brainstorming. More thinking.
Stress happens. But you don’t have to break.
At the end of the day, it’s all gonna be okay.
→ Here’s my guide on becoming more stress resilient
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I love being here.