How I use AI in my personal life

I use AI the way most people use Google — except for everything.

When my wife and I moved to Nice, I didn't learn French first. Instead, I built a Claude Project stuffed with our entire Instagram message thread with our dog sitter, plus all the context about our arrangement. Now when I need to message her, I type in English and get back a perfectly contextual French message — plus the English version so I can see exactly what I'm saying without blindly trusting it.

That's kind of how my brain works. I see friction, and I remove it.

Our dishwasher has about fifteen modes I've never touched. So I took a photo of the control panel, sent it to ChatGPT, and had a conversation about what each mode actually does and when to use it. Same thing happened when we needed to figure out French tax rules for our apartment — I didn't call a lawyer first, I had a two-hour back-and-forth with AI to understand the landscape before deciding if I even needed one.

On the health side, I wear an Apple Watch and Oura Ring daily. When my HRV numbers weren't where I wanted them, I dumped the raw data into AI and started asking questions. When I kept getting tension headaches from my back, I didn't just book a physio — I built my own training program with AI as my collaborator, based on my specific data and symptoms.

And then there's gaming. I play Arc Raiders with friends, and I have a dedicated Claude Project where I research builds, strategize loadouts, and think through mechanics. It's the same project-based approach I use professionally — just pointed at a video game instead of a client's warehouse sync.

The line between "professional AI user" and "personal AI user" doesn't really exist for me anymore. It's just how I think through problems now — whether that problem is an enterprise data integration or figuring out the right dishwasher cycle for delicate glasses.