Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself

First, I want to say thank you for tuning in! This inaugural post comes at an interesting time. The world is on fire literally and figuratively. However, history indicates that when the world is in disarray, the laws that govern our economy are in flux, which makes it easier for some to advance faster and earn more. This newsletter is for those who are navigating the how-tos to get more. 

I graduated from GW Law School in 2017 and immediately jumped into tech policy. During that time I was focused on learning more about bridging the digital divide, privacy, and big tech. This came about for two reasons. Big Tech was finally being chastised for circumnavigating the law subsequently unraveling the threads of culture and law. The debate around net neutrality was bubbling, the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, and the EU’s GDPR went into effect. I also met Roger McNamee, one of the early investors in Facebook, who told me in 2017 that Facebook’s high use among teenagers was a mental health crisis. These were only some of the events that took place as I entered the job market. My hunch at the time was that big tech would only continue to make an impact on markets and that the legal world would continue to get lapped. 

Moreover, history has shown me that what happens to society at large, happens to the black community exponentially faster and more severely. Thus centering my career around tech and policy was a given. 

Fast forward to today, I created CT Consulting Group to serve as the nexus for advanced technologies, turbulent markets, and a growing culture of aspiring entrepreneurs. AI has been the topic of conversation for everyone across the globe, but similar to my days in law school when a topic feels too complex to comprehend most of us don’t persist instead we check out. This process leads many communities to be apathetic or fearful of embracing AI. This mindset has a growing ripple effect on the diversity of researchers, startup ecosystems, and the overall tech information bank. To understand how to interact with advanced technology, I often refer back to Prince’s speech at the 1999 Yahoo! Internet Life Online Music Awards where he implores the audience to “use the internet don’t let the internet use you.” Whether you are apprehensive or apathetic to AI, these tools are infiltrating every industry. Subsequently, adapting to these tools and making them work for us will be vital to solving our problems. Chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are only the beginning. Global powers are competing for supremacy in defense, surveillance, and finance. Simultaneously, economic markets are incorporating AI into their operational systems, the unemployment rate sits at four percent; a number that may grow with the recent administration change. Rather than waiting for this phenomenon to impact our lives, we must explore and adapt to using AI, quantum computing, and autonomous tools or be subject to a world of those that do. Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, has suggested that the best method of approach to AI for beginners is to learn prompt engineering. He says, “Learning how to interact with AI is not unlike being someone who is really good at asking questions. . . prompting AI is very similar.”

The best way to begin is to simply get started. Although our brains are often hardwired to fear the unknown, engaging with these tools may very well be the determining factor in our quality of life. I’ve started this newsletter and I fully expect to get better with each post, because that is what humans do, we engage, we adapt, and we grow.

This newsletter will address how AI impacts the common American’s life, providing easy-to-grasp tips on using AI for personal and professional gain and providing insightful news with real-world implications. Our aim is for the audience to walk away armed with comprehensible information.  

Thank You Again for reading!