Hosts:
Justin Shelley - https://www.phoenixitadvisors.com/
Mario Zaki - https://www.mazteck.com/
Justin knows nothing about football. He's using AI to run his fantasy team anyway, and he's currently winning. That's just where this episode starts.
After two weeks of warning listeners about AI risk, Justin Shelley and Mario Zaki flip the script this week to talk about how AI is actually making their lives better right now, no tinfoil hats required. Justin walks through how he joined a fantasy football league with zero knowledge of the game, screenshots his lineup into AI every week for instructions, and is sitting in second place for points with the best playoff odds in his league heading into week three.
Mario shares how he used AI to build a complete website and backend booking system for his family's shore house rental in under a week, including e-signature contracts, automated text messaging, and tenant management tools that used to require hiring a developer. The two also dig into how AI is changing IT troubleshooting, cutting down the need to memorize thousand-page technical manuals and speeding up how fast MSPs can actually solve problems for clients.
From there, the conversation moves into where AI is headed next: full self-driving cars people already trust with daily commutes, at-home robots for chores nobody wants to do, and AI-assisted diagnostics that could catch cancer and other diseases before symptoms ever show up. Justin closes with his honest take on the "AI is coming for our jobs" fear, and why he believes automation elevates workers into better work instead of leaving them behind.
What you'll learn:
- How to use AI to manage a fantasy football team with zero knowledge of the sport
- Why AI is speeding up IT troubleshooting and reducing the need for deep technical expertise on every issue
- How Mario built a full rental property website and booking system with AI in about a week
- What's realistic right now (and what isn't yet) with full self-driving cars like Tesla and hands-free highway systems
- Why AI-assisted diagnostics could change how early cancer and other diseases get caught
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Links:
Full episode: https://unhackmybusiness.com/episode/105
Phoenix IT Advisors: https://phoenixitadvisors.com
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