The AI Big 3.
Taking your First Leap towards AI-Confidence
AI Confidence series by Josh from 8am business
What you need to know about AI
While there seems to be unlimited AI news to catch up on, there really are only three distinct types of AI that you need in order to stay ahead of your peers in your business/career. Most people are stuck on the first type - AI Chatbot:
🤖 1. AI Chatbot
Answers questions, drafts content, helps you think (not do)
⚙️ 2. AI System
Automates repetitive processes — runs daily without you
🧠 3. Agentic AI
Aligns with what you want, and make things happen for you

Today: let's understand all three, and start your journey to actually work with at least two of them
AI At a Glance: Think of Them as Employees
The easiest way to understand the three AI types? Imagine them in roles you already know.
AI Chatbot
Your Knowledgeable Intern
Smart and quick on their feet — but needs your coaching for every task. One question, one answer.
After all the back-and-forth, it's still on you to complete the job.
AI System
Your Trusted Middle Manager
Keeps operations running reliably without you watching. One trigger, one job done.
It consistently completes jobs in the background.
Agentic AI
Your Dream COO Office
Give it a goal — it figures out the path to bring it to life. One vision, full execution.
It gets the job done right away, no matter how ambitious the vision.
Ai Chatbot - the intern
AI Chatbot: Your Knowledgeable Intern
Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity are excellent at answering questions, drafting content, summarising documents, and helping you think through problems.
The catch: they only work when you're in the conversation. Every result requires your input. There's no automation, no memory across sessions, and no ability to act independently.
  • Best for: research, writing, brainstorming, summarising
  • You are always in the loop — every result needs a prompt
  • Powerful starting point, but limited to one-shot tasks
Getting Started with AI Chatbots
The right tool for the right task makes all the difference. Here's how to match each chatbot to your actual business needs.
Perplexity
Best for research. Cites sources and searches the live web. Use for competitor analysis and market summaries.
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Claude
Best for deep analysis and planning with longer, more coherent outputs. Use for proposals, contracts, and strategy. A personal favourite.
ChatGPT
Best for general tasks — brainstorming, code help, and quick problem-solving.

Gemini
Best for Google Workspace users — document summaries and Gmail/Drive integration. It is highly recommended for realistic image generation.

Try this today: ask Claude to rewrite your last client proposal in plain English.

AI System - the manager
AI System: Your Trusted Middle Manager
An AI System is the layer between your tools. When something happens, it automatically triggers the right action — without anyone having to remember to do it.
The most important thing about an AI System: it runs without you. No prompt needed. No one has to be online. It just works — 24/7.
Replacing…
Manual data entry, copy-pasting between tools, repetitive follow-ups
How It Works
Something happens → workflow runs → job is done
Why It Matters
Consistent, reliable, never forgets, never has a bad day

Tool: N8N (n8n.io) — connect 400+ apps and build workflows visually, no coding required.
What AI Systems Do For Your Business
The shift isn't just about saving time — it's about removing the human dependency from processes that don't need one.
Client Intake
Form submitted → record created, personalised welcome email sent, team notified — before anyone checks their inbox.
Invoice Follow-Up
Invoice overdue → polite follow-up sent automatically, case flagged if unresolved after 48 hours. Follow-up jobs triggered.
New Hire Onboarding
New staff member added → accounts set up, documents processed and confirmed, check-ins scheduled.
agentic ai - your dream coo
Agentic AI: Your Dream COO Office
Where a chatbot answers a question and an AI system follows a script, an agentic AI is given a goal — and figures out how to achieve it and get the job done.
It plans the steps, uses tools, executes tasks, and reports back. You brief it in the morning and check in on the result.
  • Goal-driven: you describe the outcome, the agent finds the path
  • Takes action: reads files, searches the web, writes code, produces deliverables
  • Reports back: shows what it did and what you should review

Tools: Claude Code (VS Code extension) + Google Antigravity (agent-first IDE)
What Agentic AI Does For Your Business
The businesses gaining the most from agentic AI use it to compress the time between spotting an opportunity and acting on it. Your best people stop doing groundwork and start doing judgment.
Meeting Prep Brief
Agent reads your calendar, researches the client, checks CRM history — delivers a one-page briefing before the meeting starts.
Proposal from RFP
Forward the email brief. Agent reads it, pulls past work from your files, researches the client, and drafts a full proposal for your review.
Competitor Audit
Agent visits 5 competitor sites, extracts pricing and positioning, compares changes from last month, delivers a formatted summary overnight.
Invoice Reconciliation
Agent reads 60 supplier PDFs, extracts key data, flags mismatches, outputs a clean spreadsheet. Zero manual entry.
Next Steps - Full Setup Guide
🔸 Most people stop their AI-Confidence journey at set up, let us help.
🔸 We have employed the kitchen analogy to hopefully simplify this experience for you.
🔸 All you need is to copy the prompts we have prepared for you below into your own Gemini. We thought it's better to let your 'knowledgeable intern' guide you with the set up instead!
Onboard Your 'Middle Manager' (AI System)

🔸 Paste this AI System setup promptinto Gemini
🔸 Top pick: Founder's Favourite to watch for AI Systems

01:06:32

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How to Build a Personal Assistant AI Agent in n8n (Step-by-Step, No Code)

Full courses + unlimited support: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society-plus/about All my FREE resources: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/about Apply for my YT podcast: https://podcast.nateherk.com/apply Work with me: https://uppitai.com/ My Tools💻 FREE MONTH voice to text: https://get.glaido.com/nate Code NATEHERK for 10% off VPS (annual plan): https://www.hostinger.com/vps/claude-code-hosting In this step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you how to build an intelligent persona

01:13:01

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N8N Complete Guide (AI Agents + Workflow Automation)

Join Maker School & get automation customer #1 + all my templates ⤵️ https://www.skool.com/makerschool/about?ref=e525fc95e7c346999dcec8e0e870e55d Want to work with my team, automate your business, & scale? ⤵️ https://cal.com/team/leftclick/discovery?source=youtube Watch me build my $300K/mo business live with daily videos + strategy ⤵️ https://www.youtube.com/@nicksaraevdaily All N8N templates mentioned in the clip ⤵️ https://leftclicker.gumroad.com/l/pecbmy Summary ⤵️ Welcome to my N8N cour

Onboard Your 'COO' (Agentic AI)

🔸 Paste this Agentic AI setup prompt into Gemini
🔸 Top pick: Founder's Favourite to watch for Agentic AI

04:10:43

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CLAUDE CODE FULL COURSE 4 HOURS: Build & Sell (2026)

🔥 Join Maker School & get customer #1 guaranteed: https://skool.com/makerschool/about 💎 All course files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m182p16V_mZBAOTO-0iq4T4-cj6O-hev 📚 NEXT COURSE (ADVANCED): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPtmKh1vMN8 💼 Work with my team to automate your business: https://dub.sh/work-with-me-epk 🎙️ Listen to my silly podcast: www.youtube.com/@stackedpod 📚 More free courses → Vibe Coding w/ Antigravity (6hr full course): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcuR_

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Master 95% of Claude Code in 36 Mins (as a beginner)

Full courses + unlimited support: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society-plus/about?el=master-95-of-claude-code-in-36-mins-as-a-beginner All my FREE resources: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/about?el=master-95-of-claude-code-in-36-mins-as-a-beginner Apply for my YT podcast: https://podcast.nateherk.com/apply Work with me: https://uppitai.com/ My Tools💻 FREE MONTH voice to text: https://get.glaido.com/nate Code NATEHERK for 10% off VPS (annual plan): https://www.hostinger.com/

join our 28 day challenge
Next Steps - 28 Day AI-Confidence Challenge
The businesses that move in the next 30 days will look back in 90 days wondering how they ever operated without this. You don't need a perfect plan to AI-Confidence — you just need to entrust your first task to an AI agent you build yourself.
1
Today
🔸 Onboard your Middle Manager and COO with the prompts above
🔸 Have your first conversation with your COO (Claude Code + Antigravity) about your business/career
2
Day 8
🔸 Complete the tutorial videos suggested
🔸 Align your business/career vision with your COO on the things you want to make happen but are too busy to work on (i.e. revamp company website)


3
Day 18
🔸 Let your COO take a look at your website and build an improved web page in Claude Code
🔸 Let your COO recommend where you may need an AI System the most for your business/career
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Day 28
🔸 Launch your first daily job with AI System (i.e. daily reminders on to-dos)
🔸 Let your COO publish the refreshed web page and send it to someone for feedback
🔸 Want to do more with your COO and Managers? Sign up for our monthly AI-Confidence trainings here

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Becoming AI-Confident with 8am Business
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Complete the 28-Day Challenge
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2
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