Bud Johnson Podcast

This week my AI bots launched my podcast on Spotify and Apple, took the ads and bloatware off my smart TV, turned a $50 photo frame into a family dashboard, and set up my new company email.On this episode:- How I run about 30 AI bots with one commander bot, Uno- Grok Voice 3.0 and the voice briefings I get on my runs- Would you let an AI buy something for you?- If bots do the shopping, who do advertisers sell to?- Hacking my smart TV and a $50 frame with AI- Building Fluent with bots- Why I homeschool: school was built for the industrial age- Two things to try this weekLive every Monday at 5 PM ET.Follow me on X: @BudJohnsonWebsite: getfluent.si

In this first episode, Bud tells how his Grok Bot bought getfluent.si for $11.54 with a single-use X Money virtual card while he was out on a 10K run, and what agent shopping could mean for the web and advertising. He then uses 20+ years as a photographer, from film to digital to smartphones, to make the case for DHH's "P(bloom)" over P(doom), shares tips for spotting doom propaganda, and leaves you with two things to try this week.

00:00 Welcome to the first Bud Johnson Podcast

00:41 Elon's credit-card tip and the leaked order

01:45 Connecting X Money to Grok Bot during a 10K run

03:43 Grok Bot buys getfluent.si and launches the site

04:42 Agents doing the scrolling: what happens to advertising?

06:37 Lessons: scrub order IDs and addresses before posting

07:30 Bud's setup: Uno plus about 30 commander bots

09:12 Voice briefings on runs, and letting Grok Bot work on its own computer

10:59 P(bloom), not P(doom)

12:28 Film to digital to smartphones: 20+ years behind the camera

18:03 Bud Johnson Photography and Savannah Corporate Photography

18:43 How to spot propaganda

21:41 Try this week: connect X Money or Stripe Link

23:13 Plan B: audit subscriptions, reinvest in a paid AI plan

24:17 Titus, 14, building with a $20/month plan

24:56 Find Bud: X @BudJohnson, Instagram, getfluent.si