More on ways to interact with AI. How I am learning German

Voice is not the only alternative to a monitor and a keyboard. There is another common device - the printer. Don't rush to scroll past: I might surprise you a little, even with how I use this ancient machine.

Any modern coach will tell you that good habits are easier to build by removing friction - the needless complications. Want to lose weight - don't buy sausage, and keep a tasty, healthy alternative in the fridge. Want to do sport - don't buy a membership at a gym 40 minutes from home, you won't go there in bad weather...

It's the same with German - in the morning we do a few sessions by voice, but in the evening, before bed, it ought to be reinforced. Claude makes a personal PDF with the morning's mistakes in it and sends it to the printer automatically.

I fill it in with a pen and scan the QR code with my phone, which automatically opens the mail app on the iPhone and fills in the "To" and "Subject" fields. So the most effort on my part is to snap a photo and send it - literally two taps. If I get really lazy, I can always put it on the scanner, of course.

In the morning Claude reads all of it, gets upset and grumbles - der/die/das, you've mixed it all up again, what a hopeless meatbag you are... Let's learn it all over again!

Why am I telling you all this? 4 laptops, 8 monitors, 16 windows of AI agents on each - it looks really cool on social media, but it is insanely depressing in real life. Better, of course, than simply ending up without work and income. But I think the true luxury of the new way of life is interacting with agents in a way that is convenient and pleasant for you, and not for somebody else.

p.s. not learning German? shame. but this could be, say, your own personal news on the financial markets with your morning coffee... You can mark a part with a highlighter, and tomorrow there will be deeper research on that part