Outsmarting AI

(a page I have far too much fun updating)

Yes, that’s me happily refusing to let robots take all the joy out of work.

I love technology. I genuinely do.

I also love fountain pens, real conversations, and the tiny satisfied sigh a client makes when they open a perfectly organised inbox.

AI is brilliant at many things — but it still can’t:

• Read the room when your most important client needs a warm, human follow-up
• Notice that your tone has been slightly off in the last three emails and gently check in
• Spot the one tiny inconsistency in a 400-row spreadsheet that will save you R18 000
• Remember that you hate the word “utilise” and quietly replace it with “use” every single time
• Anticipate that you’re about to get sick and reschedule everything before you even realise you need to
• Care. Actually, deeply care that your business runs smoothly and that you sleep better at night.

I can. And I do — every single day.

AI is a tool. I’m the calm, thinking, feeling human who decides how to use it so you never have to.

P.S. I still use AI daily — to generate ideas, clean data, and write first drafts.
Then I delete 60% of it and make it sound like a real person wrote it.
That’s the secret sauce.