How to start using AI the right way in 2026.

Justin R. Lester says stop treating AI like a chatbot. Pick one repetitive task and hand it to AI, spend 30 minutes daily with a tool like Copilot or Perplexity Pro, then trust it with an actual decision.
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Here are 3 things you need to do right now to use AI effectively, cuz some of you are not using AI right. I'm That Tech Pastor giving you the business for your business. Like and follow before I give you the rest, cuz some of y'all don't like and follow, so like and follow. All right, here's 3 things you can do with AI right now, and if you're just getting into chat, you're wasting your time. Let me show you. Number 1, pick one repetitive task that you're tired of doing. You know what you don't want to do anymore. Make AI do that. Write down one thing you're tired of doing and give it over to it. Number 2, use an AI tool for 30 minutes a day, whether that's Copilot, whether that's Perplexity Pro, whatever it is for you. Use some some sort of enterprise-level tool for 30 minutes a day to test it, to understand how this stuff works before you give your decision-making over to it. Lastly, you gotta trust it with a decision. The issue with it is you're making it a chatbot and not an agent. So trust it with a decision for you. Trust it to do work because you know you're tired of working. That's all you gotta do. I want you to try this out when it comes to artificial intelligence. Don't over— don't make AI bigger than what it is. Make it a teammate. Make it do work for you so you can stop demonizing it so you can actually get some stuff done. I'm That Tech Pastor giving you the business for your business. Like and follow for more.
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