AI Can Make You Dumber
Poor AI use may actually weaken thinking
Sep 8, 2026 · 28 min · 10 segments
Discover how AI can transform your speaking business in this episode of Speakernomics. Discover practical strategies to level up your marketing, branding, and proposals without getting overwhelmed by…
Ernie HarkerGuest
Terry BrockHost
In Plot, it's projects, but each different AI platform will have something very similar to this.

And what you're basically doing is you're creating an instance of a chat GPT or the large language model that you can instruct to your insights, your strategies, your approach, as well as your tone, personality, vocabulary, and specific turns of phrases that you use so that when you're using AI to help you produce your social media content, your pitches, proposals, or whatever, it sounds like you and not like AI.

And it's very important as a branding expert to distinguish the difference between you as a person and you as a speaker.

If I was Coca-Cola, what is the package I wear all the time so that I'm recognized for that packaging? What is the consistent delivery of my product? It better be sweet and fizzy and yummy every time.


Brands are highly strategic and highly consistent in the way they express themselves to their audience.

Now, you can have a bad day as a person and you might share that a tiny bit on social media or whatever.

Creating a custom GPT or a project in cloud or whatever helps you maintain the consistency of your brand strategy.

In Plot, it's projects, but each different AI platform will have something very similar to this.

And what you're basically doing is you're creating an instance of a chat GPT or the large language model that you can instruct to your insights, your strategies, your approach, as well as your tone, personality, vocabulary, and specific turns of phrases that you use so that when you're using AI to help you produce your social media content, your pitches, proposals, or whatever, it sounds like you and not like AI.

And it's very important as a branding expert to distinguish the difference between you as a person and you as a speaker.

If I was Coca-Cola, what is the package I wear all the time so that I'm recognized for that packaging? What is the consistent delivery of my product? It better be sweet and fizzy and yummy every time.


Brands are highly strategic and highly consistent in the way they express themselves to their audience.

Now, you can have a bad day as a person and you might share that a tiny bit on social media or whatever.

Creating a custom GPT or a project in cloud or whatever helps you maintain the consistency of your brand strategy.
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AI Can Make You Dumber
Poor AI use may actually weaken thinking
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