Speaking Tech With AI — How ChatGPT Helped Me Collaborate with a Genius!

Speaking Tech With AI: How ChatGPT Helped Me Collaborate with a Genius"

"I didn't understand a word of what you just said."

That's what I wanted to tell my brilliant tech collaborator when he sent me another message filled with technical terms and concepts that might as well have been written in ancient Sanskrit. He's developing cutting-edge AI technology, and I'm helping ensure it stays focused on human value. But how could I contribute meaningfully when I couldn't even understand his messages?

Most people would have given up in frustration or demanded he communicate differently. I tried the second approach once, politely requesting some punctuation. His response? "Sorry, I'm barbequing and using my phone." Message received: his communication style wasn't going to change. And I hoped his phone was gonna be ok.

Instead of pushing against reality, I found a creative solution: I started pasting his messages into ChatGPT for translation.

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Here's what this looks like in practice:

His original message:
orgs enterprises collaborations teams are further behind on using data integration or ai because its way harder than for an individual and only a very few of those have figured it out and then usually only to the 2x acceleration getting the individual velocity up above 2x to20x to 40x to 80x to 100x to 800x on select tasks is a tremendously difficult ... few people have stamina, time to experiment/evaluatate, inclination and trust to believe the results. You also need a quite sophisticated mutual support team to offset other required capabilities at the critical velocity acceleration speed bumps.

ChatGPT's clear translation:
Organizations, businesses, and teams are slower to adopt AI and data integration compared to individuals because it's much more complex for groups to implement. Only a small number of organizations have successfully integrated AI, and even then, they typically only achieve about twice the speed of their previous processes.

For an individual, however, AI can dramatically increase efficiency—sometimes 20x, 40x, even up to 800x for specific tasks. But reaching these levels of acceleration is extremely challenging. Very few people have the patience, willingness, or trust in AI's capabilities to push this far.

Additionally, when moving at such high speeds, unexpected obstacles arise. To maintain momentum, individuals or organizations need a strong support team with the right mix of skills to handle these challenges effectively.

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Chat GPT allows us to think our own way, yet be understood.

Suddenly, what had been frustrating became fascinating. Because I could grasp the concepts, I could respond thoughtfully and ask intelligent questions. Our collaboration deepened. He became excited about my insights into the human aspects of AI development, and I found myself genuinely contributing to bleeding-edge technology development at age 80.

The irony isn't lost on me. Here I was, using AI to help develop better AI systems. My tech friend was impressed not by my technical knowledge, but by my creative approach to bridging our communication gap. He even started incorporating my ideas about human-AI interaction into his work. All because I chose to find a solution rather than push against reality.

This experience taught me something profound about resistance: it's often more about our approach than the actual challenge. When we resist what is—whether it's someone's communication style, new technology, or change in general—we create stress that can literally make us sick. But when we redirect that energy into finding creative solutions, we open doors we never knew existed.

I see this pattern everywhere now. I have a friend (more than one) who refuses to use AI tools even though her job increasingly requires them. She's experiencing physical stress symptoms and struggling at work. The energy she spends resisting could be used to explore and adapt.

But here's the crucial point: you can't truly judge the value of something until you've experienced it. Reading about AI or any new technology is fundamentally different from actively engaging with it. It's the difference between reading a menu and tasting the food.

At 80, I've become a certified prompt master and am helping develop an AI mirror agent—not because I'm unusually tech-savvy, but because I've learned to dance with change rather than resist it. Each time I paste one of those dense technical messages into ChatGPT, I smile at the reminder: sometimes the best way forward isn't to demand that reality change to suit us, but to find creative ways to engage with it as it is.

After all, life becomes so much lighter when we stop carrying the heavy burden of resistance and instead approach it as a joyous experiment in adaptation and growth.

Want to learn more about using AI to communicate, write, create and play?Contact me at susie@GrammysWorldOfJoy.com