I Found a Cheat Code for AI Information Overload
Video tutorial included - see exactly how it works
Okay so... last month I joined an AI consultancy.
Sounds fancy, right?
Here's what actually happened: Day 3, I'm on a client call, and they ask about Google's new AI Studio features that dropped THAT MORNING.
I had to mute myself to frantically research.
THE AI CONSULTANT. SCRAMBLING. MID-CALL.
(If you're reading this, unnamed client... my bad.)
The real problem wasn't that I didn't know
New AI tool drops every 6 hours. I'm not exaggerating.
My job is literally to know this stuff. But reading 50 articles a day? Technical papers at midnight? My brain was soup.
Then I remembered NotebookLM existed. I'd played with it months ago for some research project. Never thought about using it for... this.
So I dumped a week's worth of AI updates into it. Hit "generate audio."
What came out? A 20-minute podcast. Two AI hosts explaining everything I needed to know.
Like... explaining it to each other. Having an actual conversation about the exact features my client asked about.
I listened during my gym session. And for the first time in weeks, I actually understood what was happening in AI.
Not because I got smarter. Because I finally found a way to learn that matched how my brain works.
But wait, I know exactly what you're thinking right now
"Great, another productivity hack I don't have time to learn."
I get it. You're drowning in:
Industry reports you'll "read later" (spoiler: you won't)
Meeting notes scattered across 17 different docs
That important research your boss sent last Tuesday
Articles saved "for the weekend" (what weekend?)
You've tried everything. Speed reading apps. Summary tools. That expensive course on "processing information faster."
Nothing sticks because they all require the one thing you don't have: Time to sit and focus.
What if you could absorb all that information while... living your actual life?
Let me show you exactly what changed everything
See? That's it. That's the whole thing.
Here's why this hit different than every other tool I've tried
I'm a learn-by-listening person. Always have been. Audiobooks, podcasts, that friend who explains things perfectly after three beers.
Reading technical docs?
NotebookLM turned my weakness into a superpower. Now I learn about AI while:
Working out
Cooking dinner
On my commute
And the wild part? Other people are using it for completely different things:
My designer friend Sarah: She was bombing interviews - knew her stuff but couldn't articulate it. Uploaded her resume + 10 job descriptions into NotebookLM. The AI hosts debated which roles suited her best, even role-played tricky interview questions. She listened during her commute for a week. Three callbacks, two offers.
Startup founder I know: Drowning in his own success - too many meetings, no time to process. Six months of meeting notes dumped into NotebookLM. The 30-minute audio revealed patterns he'd missed: same problems kept surfacing, three clients had identical complaints. Fixed the core issue in one sprint.
Writer friend: 500 pages into her fantasy novel, completely lost in her own world-building. Uploaded all her drafts and character notes. The AI hosts had a book club discussion about plot holes she couldn't see. "Why did Marcus switch sides in chapter 12?" She fixed three major story issues while gardening.
Okay, your turn - here's something fun to try tonight
If you're curious:
Hit up notebooklm.google.com
Upload any docs you're working with
Generate an audio overview
Listen while doing literally anything else
The thing that actually changed my entire perspective
I spent three weeks feeling stupid because I couldn't keep up with AI news the "normal" way.
Turns out there is no normal way anymore.
Some people need to read. Some need to watch. Some of us need to move while we learn.
The tools are finally catching up to how different brains work.
And honestly? That's the most exciting part about AI. Not that it's replacing us. But that it's finally meeting us where we are.
So here's where we landed
That's my NotebookLM story. Saved my sanity. Made me better at my job. Accidentally got me back to the gym.
If you try it, I'd love to hear what happens. Good, bad, weird - whatever.
We're all figuring this out together, right?
P.S. - That client call? Went great in the end. I explained Google's new features perfectly in our next meeting. While internally giggling because I learned it from robot podcasters.
P.P.S. - Someone asked if using AI to learn about AI is "cheating." I asked if using a calculator to do math is cheating. We're not friends anymore.