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🎙️ F*ck, The AI Revolution is Already Here!

Why experience matters more than ever and how to start using AI with Dawid Naude.

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Artificial intelligence is often discussed as though it’s something coming in the future.

It isn’t.

It’s already here.

AI can help us write, learn, analyse, design, solve problems and turn ideas into reality. It can now control computers, navigate websites, complete tasks and take an idea from problem to prototype in hours rather than months.

For some people, that feels exciting.

For others, especially those of us who built our careers before this technology existed, it can feel like the world is changing faster than we can keep up.

But what if being in your 40s or 50s isn’t a disadvantage?

What if the experience, judgement, relationships and ability to read a room that we’ve spent decades developing are exactly what make AI so powerful in our hands?

In this episode of F*ck, I’m Nearly 50!, Dom talks to Dawid Naude, Founder and CEO of Pathfindr, one of Australia’s leading AI innovation studios.

Dawid helps organisations move beyond the hype and use AI in practical, meaningful ways. More importantly, he makes an intimidating subject feel exciting, accessible and genuinely human.

This isn’t a conversation about robots taking over the world.

It’s about what happens when intelligence is suddenly available to almost everyone.

Together, Dom and Dawid explore how AI is moving from adviser to operator, what this means for professional services and why trust, judgement and human relationships may become more valuable than ever.

They discuss the opportunities for small businesses, how AI could provide world-class education to anyone with an internet connection and why it may become one of the most powerful tools for creativity, entrepreneurship and lifelong learning we’ve ever seen.

Dawid also explains why learning to use AI is relatively easy, while accumulating 20 years of judgement, resilience and human understanding isn’t.

Perhaps we’re not too old for this revolution.

Perhaps we’re arriving with exactly what it needs.

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❤️ This episode is for you if:

✔️ You’re curious about AI but don’t know where to begin.
✔️ You’re wondering how your career or business might change.
✔️ You’ve assumed AI is mainly for younger or more technical people.
✔️ You want to reduce the boring work draining your time and energy.
✔️ You’re ready to experiment and discover what’s possible.

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🎧 Inside this conversation:

🤖 Why AI is moving from adviser to operator.
⚡ How ideas can become working prototypes within hours.
💼 How AI could transform professional services.
🤝 Why trust, empathy and relationships will remain essential.
🇦🇺 The opportunities for Australian small businesses and entrepreneurs.
🧠 How AI can become a personalised universal tutor.
❤️ How Dawid uses AI for reflection, resilience and leadership.
🔥 Why being in your 40s or 50s could be an advantage.
🖥️ How AI secured Dawid an insurance refund.
🔐 What to understand about subscriptions, privacy and your data.
✨ Three simple habits that dramatically improve AI’s answers.

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🎯 Try this:

Choose ChatGPT or Claude and ask it to help you solve one real problem.

Before it answers, say:

“Ask me five questions so you have the context needed to give me the best possible answer.”

Use the microphone to talk through your responses. You can ramble, change your mind and add details as you remember them.

Don’t try to master everything.

Solve one problem and build from there.

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🌐 Connect with Dawid:

Pathfindr: https://www.pathfindr.ai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawidnaude/
Start Learning AI: https://startlearning.ai

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