Andrew Miles Davis combines two productivity ideas from The 4-Hour Work Week with AI. Parkinson's law says work expands to fill the time available. Pareto's law, the 80/20 principle, says roughly 80% of your results come from 20% of what you do. Andrew explains how the two work together, and asks whether AI is the best 80/20 tool we have ever had. His answer is yes and no, because AI is brilliant at finding the 20% but it cannot make you stop at the right point. He shares four ways he uses it. These are strategic planning from a messy brain dump, deciding which 20% of his to-do list matters most each Monday, vibe coding with his 70% rule, and learning something new. Andrew also shares how the 70% rule finally got In AI Nutshell started after fifteen years of thinking about it. Subscribe to In AI Nutshell for practical AI ideas for marketers and content creators, every day in ten minutes.

Andrew Miles Davis answers three questions from his recent training sessions in this fortnightly FAQ episode. First, can AI reduce stress and burnout? He says it depends, but AI can lift admin and repetitive work. The catch is what happens to the time it saves, because if your employer simply adds more work, stress goes up rather than down. Second, what happens if AI gives financial or medical advice that harms someone? Andrew explains that AI takes zero responsibility for your decisions, so you cannot go back to a chatbot and ask for your money back. Use it as a starting point, compare answers across models if you like, but the final decision and the consequences are yours. Third, will AI steal my job? Andrew says AI will take some jobs, as the internet and social media did, but the people getting the best results already know what good looks like. He shares what he sees on his AI Live Show and why you should double down on your experience while now is the time to do it. Subscribe to In AI Nutshell for the answers to the questions your team is asking, every other week in ten minutes.

Andrew Miles Davis shares three very different cool tools for Cool Tools Tuesday. First is Veridive, a site with a Deep Query feature that searches dozens of YouTube videos on your topic and gives you one answer with citations, much like an AI overview for video. Andrew explains why this matters in a no-click world and what it could mean for YouTube creators. Next is Google's new Foresight, a note taker that runs as an app on your Mac and stores everything on your device. It works offline, turns two or three jotted words into full notes from the live conversation, and connects to your docs, slides and emails. Andrew also covers the ethics of recording calls without telling people. The third tool is Tolixy, a directory of over 190 free in-browser tools across eight categories, including PDF, image, video, audio, text, developer tools, file converters and calculators. Use them as they are, or take them as inspiration to vibe code your own. Subscribe to In AI Nutshell for three cool tools every Tuesday in ten minutes.