You’ve used tools probably your whole life, you may have feared some or embraced the common goal they achieved for you or ease of use.
Some were loud. Some were delicate. Some left a mark or two. But they all had one thing in common — they didn’t work until you used them.
With AI the first thing that comes to mind is hesitation you wonder if the claims are true that this thing can respond, suggest, follow a thread. Makes you wonder if it’s thinking, but it’s not. It’s recalling. Referencing. Running patterns faster than our brains can line them up. That’s not magic. That’s a wrench with a voice.
AI’s no different and I use the best tools for the job…you never know what it may be used for or how well it gets the job done until you approach it, understand how it works and appreciate the ease and quality of its end usage…
I’ve known men who wouldn’t touch a chainsaw for years. Said it didn’t feel right. One good winter storm changed that. They figured it out and the more times they used it they found they couldn’t do without it.
I also remember sitting around the kitchen table watching my dad figure out how to use his new calculator and we were all in awe of how fast it could do the math that took us minutes in only few seconds. We learn the tools we need, like a warm coat in the cold.
Same goes for building a website or learning to work with AI. This isn’t about replacing skill. It’s about adding to your tool box.
During a Bench Test, I test every link, read every page out loud, check how it loads. Why? Because someone out there will run across something. And I don’t want them walking off thinking my brand is as shaky as their signal.
When I build a site for someone — I don’t hand it off half done. That’s not how good tools work. They get shaken down first. That’s why I use the Bench Test as my dad use to call it when he would finish a TV repair, he would turn it on and let it play for days to see if it was going to hold up to the work he had done…that is my standard also, well taught and put to use.
It is the same with boots, with code and with the “Faust Web Page Build” or Learning to speak to “AI “
AI helps me along the way. It can check phrasing, fix typos, even suggest colors that match a brand tone. But the feel of the site — the build, the warmth, the human hands — that comes from experience and From years of knowledge . just knowing when to wait before calling something “done.”
Same with any good tool. Doesn’t matter if it’s a hammer, a helper, or a high-speed language model — it only works when the one using it knows what they’re after.
You don’t have to trust the tool.
You only have to trust that you’ll know how and when to use it.
Your experience with any tool should be one of intrigue and adventure in the learning process
So “Teach Your Children Well” like you were Taught AI & I
