My Final Email for The Autopreneur...
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Back in 2023 when I started The Autopreneur, it was a place for me to build automations, share my knowledge, and educate you about the perils of doing “manual work.”
Showing you how to avoid those time-sucking, life-wasting tasks that we all have as entrepreneurs.
The ones that we know we need to do, but also know that technology can do for us.
When I started the newsletter, ChatGPT was still in its infancy.
Today?
AI models run the entire world.
Even my 88 year old Grandmother has ChatGPT on her phone.
The other day she was telling me that she told ChatGPT a few ingredients she had sitting in her pantry, and the famous chatbot gave her a recipe to cook.
She was blown away at how fast and simple it was…versus googling around for something she may or may not even like.
But while in the process of cooking the meal…
She had a terrible slip and fell onto her back in the kitchen.
Don’t worry, she’s ok!
But this is just one example to why I decided to change the direction of this AI newsletter.
(remember this story for later…)
Automation is everywhere now.
AI-powered software will continue to increase in both its accuracy, its speed, and its abilities.
In the last 3 weeks, we’ve had:
Elon show us that Grok’s latest benchmark tests scored a 44.4% success on "Humanity’s Last Exam” → a 2,500-question benchmark designed to evaluate an AI’s academic knowledge and reasoning skill. Created by nearly 1,000 human experts across more than 100 disciplines and released in January 2025, the test spans topics from the classics to quantum chemistry and mixes text with images.
Sam Altman told Theo Von that OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-5 can “CEO” better than he can.
To add to that, Alexander Wei, head of reasoning at OpenAI, just announced that GPT-5 achieved a gold medal in the world’s most prestigious math competition:
GPT-5 is set to release (with some limitations) in early August.
And the Higgsfield Steal AI tool now can 'steal' camera angle, composition, color, lighting from any film and drop actor into any scene. Watch them insert Taylor Swift into Game of Thrones and Daniel Craig in the Joker.
Remember when ChatGPT couldn’t even write a good LinkedIn post?
Those days are long gone.
The next insane AI trend.
In January 2025, I realized that all these valuable automation skills I was yapping on about would soon be performed by modern AI tools.
Eventually, these tools will be able to control our entire computers for us, all from a voice command or simple prompt.
OpenAI’s new agent product is a bare bones example of this.
You can even build any app you need just by writing a chat prompt, with a tool like Lovable.
But I had one internal conflict to wrestle with...
I didn’t want to be another trend hopping content creator, and start writing about “AI Agents” like every other automation guru does.
So I spent 6 months asking myself, “What’s an imminent AI trend that hasn’t gotten any attention yet??”
And one day, while picking tomatoes in my garden, I figured it out.
Remember that story about my Grandmother using AI to cook?
ChatGPT gave her the recipe…which is great!
But…
She still had to physically go to the pantry, get out the ingredients, follow the instructions, measure each item, and cook the meal herself.
The problem is she’s 88 years old, with a failing heart condition, and needs a walker just to get around her apartment.
Safe to say cooking requires a ton of physical exertion.
But what if AI could prepare AND cook the meal for her?
When she yanked open the refrigerator door…and fell on her back onto the wooden kitchen floor…
What if AI could help her up, examine her wounds, and call the medical staff at her facility?
Come to think of it…
If AI was actually cooking the meal for her…then my grandmother would never have suffered a life-threatening fall in the first place!
These are our current limitations with AI.
We have the smartest most powerful technology ever invented at our fingertips…
Yet GPT-5 can’t even cook me a burger.
A welcome call for the Next Major AI Trend:
The Physical Embodiment of AGI.
In 1 year, you will start reading about humanoid robots in the news.
In 5 years, you will see one walking around your neighborhood.
And in 10 years, humanoid robots will become part of our daily lives…
Just like Alexa, Siri, and ChatGPT.
You’ll be shopping on Amazon for the latest robot parts. You’ll be teaching your robot to do the laundry and prepare dinner for the family while you take the kids to sports. You’ll even program it to feed your pets while you’re away on vacation.
You’ll even share important life events and business strategies with it.
It will mow the lawn and do the dishes, while you read a book or go to lunch with a friend or conduct a zoom call.
At the moment, there aren’t many people talking about this trend.
So we’ll be discussing more physical AI in the new publication. We’ll deliver content about how smarter AI tools & Humanoids can provide you more free time to live a life you only dream of.
My goal is to prepare you to for a world where humanoids & humans work together.
We’re calling the newsletter, Smarter Living.
And because I’m a crazy AI nutjob…
I just bought one of the first humanoid robots in production.
An open-source robot from K-Scale Labs, called the “K-Bot”
As one of the first 100 people to own a K-bot, I’ll be contributing to the development team and training my own version, while sharing my code with other K-bot owners & developers.
My first major goal is to create a personalized version of a “homestead” assistant, that helps me around the house and out in the garden.
There’s so many possibilities!
You’ll get to watch it all unfold on my YouTube channel, and over at SmarterLiving.ai
My actual robot won’t be arriving until November 2025, which gives me a few weeks to build the business venture and start writing content again.
It’s time we stop being afraid of what AI will do TO humans…
And start getting excited about what AI will do FOR humans.
Imagine living in a world with:
Humanoid Robots that act as your family’s personal chef & butler.
AGI Assistants that grow your entire business for you, 24/7.
An abundance of human and spiritual connection.
Radical advances in science and free energy.
New cures for cancer and disease.
More free time offline!
If it sounds like something straight out of the Jetsons, you’re right.
Our world is advancing at a monumental pace…and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
IMPORTANT:
If you wish to be added to SmarterLiving.ai, there’s nothing to do on your part.
I will be moving your email address here over to the new publication on August 1st 2025.
If you’re not interested, please feel free to unsubscribe before August 1.
We’re still in the process of setting up the newsletter infra (over on Beehiiv), and building out the funnels, sequences, and newsletter structure.
So this is a farewell from “The Autopreneur” as we transition to “Smarter Living.”
My wish for you is that you learn to thrive in a world alongside of technology & robots. A world where you outsource all the boring useless tasks to AI…so you never waste a minute of your precious life.
I want a planet where humans start doing human things again, and enjoy our time in the sun.
A planet where peace rules, human connection matters, and dreams become the new global currency.
That’s a world I want to live in. And I hope you do too.
But until we get there…never forget:
Time > Everything.
See you in the future, Autopreneur.
This is insane - in a good way! Glad to hear your grandmother is doing well. Can't wait to see what you and k-bot get up to 😂
Thanks for the update Ryan. We are entering a new age for sure. My parents still manage a small farm & I'm exceptionally curious of this new lifestyle that will emerge for those who embrace these technologies.
Excited to see what you discover with K bot on the homestead!