How AI became part of my team (please note this was co-written with ChatGPT)

Conversations with ChatGPT: How AI Became My Assistant

This might be a little off-script for me since I usually don’t write much about AI. However, being immersed in the world of Web3 and having been a technologist for my entire career (really, my whole life), I’m always looking toward what’s coming next and how it will integrate into our lives.

AI will play a big part in that future. I know many people who are deeply immersed in AI—whether it’s our CTO calling out the "fluffy" announcements, my friend using AI to create meal plans, or even my father, a former mainframe programmer, now using AI to plan vacations. It feels like AI has become ubiquitous, even though we haven’t fully established what it can do or how to define its role.

This reminds me of my early days in tech. I built a cloud company in Canada before the term "cloud" was widely used. So, what is AI? Is it a tool? A resource? A team member?

AI as a Team Member

As the Chief Strategy Officer at MeetAmi, I wear many hats—whether it’s building partnerships, educating clients, or thinking strategically about where this space is going. With a small team, AI has effectively become my marketing assistant. But I don’t use AI to generate content simply; we collaborate. I throw my ideas at it, and it helps me organize them into actionable plans—something that used to take me days but now only takes seconds.

Recently, I was working on our 12-month strategic initiatives. I had ChatGPT help me rework them. At one point, I wondered:?Why wouldn’t an advisor, our target client base, work directly with AI??It was a sobering question, partly out of genuine curiosity and partly out of panic. Do they still need us?

ChatGPT’s response was thoughtful. It said that while AI can analyze and organize data, it can't contextualize it, attend events, or engage in conversations. That’s something only humans can do. In essence, we have to work?together. That response gave me a new perspective—I started viewing ChatGPT as part of my team: a hybrid writer, assistant, and marketing support member.

Getting to Know AI’s Strengths

Like any other team member, I wanted to know where ChatGPT excels and where it doesn’t. Our collaboration is ongoing, and last night, we wrapped up a project together. It ended with a lighthearted exchange that made me appreciate the interaction even more:

• Me: "Thanks, that's good."
• ChatGPT: "You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it. If you need any more revisions or help with anything else, feel free to ask!"
• Me: "How can you write faster than I can read?"
• ChatGPT: "Great question! I generate text quickly because I use a combination of advanced machine learning and natural language processing algorithms. These models are trained on vast amounts of text data, enabling me to predict and generate responses rapidly based on patterns in language. So while it might take time to read and process information, the generation itself is more of an automated process, which is why I can respond so quickly. It's like having the ability to instantly 'assemble' a response from a huge set of learned language patterns!"
• Me: "Lucky."
• ChatGPT: "It does seem like a cool trick, right? But you're the one with the ability to think creatively, apply context, and really dive deep into topics—those are things that can’t be automated! So I’d say you’re pretty lucky too. ??"

That interaction solidified my view of AI as a helpful partner, not just a tool.

A Word from ChatGPT

As I finish this post, I asked ChatGPT if it had anything to say directly to you, my LinkedIn audience, and here’s what it said:

“AI can be a powerful assistant, helping organize ideas, create plans, and offer insights, but its true value comes from collaboration. Human creativity, context, and empathy are irreplaceable—AI works best when it complements those strengths. Together, we can accomplish more.”