??To climb mountain, start with a mole hill
As I mentioned a few times I'm reading (and loving) the amazing Atomic Habits book from James Clear.
Often we have "high aspirations
A great way to get around this is to adopt James Clear's "Two-Minute" rule.
Instead of trying to achieve a large thing, aim your sights on something much smaller that can be achieved in under two minutes.?The amazing part is, you'll often "be in the mood" to keep working towards the bigger goal after you've started.
With some practice you’ll find that nearly any habit can be scaled down into a two-minute version:
So "think small
Now on with the show…
How AI Will DISRUPT The World In 3 Years
Last week I watched an amazing video on how AI will disrupt the world within 3 years.?It's a long video (nearly 3 hours) however I think it is one of the best videos I've seen discussing the upcoming disruptions we can expect.??I liked it so much I had Irfan watch the video and add hyperlinks to this page so people can easily see the examples they referred to.
I can't stress how important it is that you watch at least the first hour of this video?
How AI Will DISRUPT The Entire World In 3 Years (Prepare Now While Others Panic) | Emad Mostaque
Update to Chat GPT API
While we're talking about AI, on a client project we were using the Chat GPT API and realized they had made drastic changes to the API.???We haven't updated our public library yet however we did demonstrate some of the cool new functionality in this video.
Update to AutoHotkey GPT library
15 minute Intro to AutoHotkey Tutorial
If you're new to AutoHotkey, this video is a great place to learn some of the basics with AutoHotkey.?Isaias and I walk you through some of the most important and helpful things
If you're wanting more, our Intro to AutoHotkey course would be a great compliment to this tutorial.
Intro to AutoHotkey Version 2 | Learn to automate programs with AHK v2
Resetting the AutoHotkey Association on Windows
We've had several AHK Hero members run into problems where they go to double-click an AutoHotkey script and it opens up in their editor (instead of running the script).??For most people their default editor is SciTE4AutoHotkey but we're not 100% certain what the cause is.?The "fix" is pretty easy (as long as you're aware of it) which we document in this video.
Fixing Lost association of AutoHotkey executable
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AutoHotkey v1 API Syntax Writer
I'm going through our downloads adding summaries to the videos and transcripts to the download pages and remembered this great API syntax writer.??I discuss how it works in this video.?If you're new to APIs, you can learn a lot about them from this page or check out the API Webinar.
AutoHotkey API Syntax writer
?? What we're reading
?? AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
??Productivity tips: Ctrl + Shift + T
My son taught me this one yesterday.????
You can Reopen the most recently closed tab in your browser by hitting Control+Shift+T
?? A spot of Humor:???????
I was watching a great video on how to grow trees three times faster.??Then, at the end of the video, the video changed and turned into one of the funniest things I've ever seen!?Here a link to the full video (which makes the ending even funnier) but if you don't have time, here is a 1-minute clip I made.??Be sure to watch out for us borrowing this approach in future videos!!!?
How to plant a tree so that it grows 3 times faster. Root training method.
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P.S. The intro is a great and simple tip to make sure you perform your habit.?It's one of the reasons why most of the videos in our AHK Courses are short and to-the-point.?We know you're busy!?Purchase a course now and plan to watch 1 video a day (but I'll bet you get through more!)