One thing I think people maybe don’t take advantage of enough and it’s because we don’t grasp the power of it is that we have access to an immense amount of information online to educate us on things like nutrition, physical fitness, the importance of sleep, circadian rhythm, and so on. AI makes that information easier to access.

I wanted to follow this peanut dressing recipe but I didn’t have the exact ingredients so instead of asking a generic AI, I “made” a Nutritionist AI with expertise in the culinary arts as a Gem. I knew following an AI recipe was risky but the dressing turned out great so then I started to talk to it about meal planning to achieve the macros I want while still only eating 3 meals a day so I can consume the scientifically correct and balanced amounts of fiber, protein etc for muscle gain and overall health.

I was never going to do the math myself and figure out how to eat healthy but the AI is a lot better at this when you have it make giant spreadsheets and force it to verify that the information as well as the sums and totals are accurate. I remember all the memes of AI giving people recipes that were nonsensical just a year or so ago. That’s why I know I have to remain hyper vigilant and constantly push back on the AI, forcing it to question its assumptions.

I know that interacting with the AI I am also training it. “Google uses conversations, feedback, and uploaded data to train and improve its machine-learning models.”

I just think democratizing nutrition and health information is worth it. I wish I knew in my teens what I know now about food, cooking and nutrition over a decade later. We shouldn’t ever take what the AI says as medical advice or quality (of food) advice but if we keep pushing the limits maybe one day the AI will get much better and that could change. In theory it would be so valuable if everyone could get that kind of information for the cost of building and running some data centers.