AIQ 2026: Start Here for the book.

This episode is the entry point to the book, AIQ 2026: The Collaborative Intelligence That Determines Who Thrives, which reached #1 on Amazon in Computer Literacy and Large Language Models, and #2 in Science Essays. (big yay!)

The book introduces AIQ, a measurable form of intelligence that captures how effectively someone works with artificial intelligence. Not usage. Not familiarity. Actual performance.

AIQ Ninja is the system built around that idea.

At its core is a 37-component, transcript-based assessment that evaluates five dimensions: Creative Direction, Emotional Translation, Analytical Partnership, Synthesis Capability, and Iterative Refinement. It exists because self-assessment in this domain consistently fails. People overestimate their ability to work with AI, and the gap between perceived skill and actual performance is where time, clarity, and opportunity are lost.

This episode is the first chapter of the book. Start here to understand the framework.

Future episodes expand the lens. Conversations with operators, founders, creatives, and domain experts, each showing how AI shows up in real work. Not theory. Not speculation. Application.