In this episode of What's the Yap, Rachel Keller and I dive into the fast-growing world of AI agents, autonomous helpers that can manage everything from wardrobe choices to lead generation. Rachel shares her personal experience using AI to perfect her personal brand and streamline content creation, while Matt breaks down how he’s building agents to power both his professional and personal life. They explore practical steps for creating your own agents, address concerns about over-reliance on AI, and share a vision for the future of digital assistants.

Timestamps:

• 01:02 – Welcome back & Rachel’s AI obsession

• 01:36 – The risks of over-relying on AI (inspired by Sam Altman)

• 04:24 – How Rachel uses ChatGPT to choose outfits & design her home

• 07:11 – Creating a personal stylist AI agent

• 08:18 – Defining “AI agents” & how they run playbooks for you

• 11:36 – Examples of agents for content creation, trend tracking & more

• 15:18 – Live demo: ChatGPT suggests custom agents for Matt

• 18:41 – Structuring agents like an AI “team”

• 20:10 – Dream scenarios for agents (including laundry!)

• 22:12 – Building agents for sales & marketing workflows

• 26:49 – Other AI tools: Motion AI, Zapier & automation stacking

• 29:13 – Concerns about brain power & over-dependence on AI

• 31:57 – Guardrails for balanced living (apps like Opal)

• 33:09 – Using AI for journaling & mental health

• 34:12 – Audience call-to-action & show naming debate