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AI-First Playbook: Do a Team's Work With AI (2026) | Peter Yang

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πŸ“Œ Generate structured summaries with https://transkriptor.com?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=midroll&utm_campaign=siliconvalleygirl A year ago Peter Yang was drowning in meetings and paperwork. Then he rebuilt his entire workflow around AI. He left product roles at Meta, Reddit, and Roblox to go solo. Today he runs a 140K newsletter and has built 16 apps without writing a line of code. In this episode he breaks down how: how to move from using AI like a search engine to building systems that run your work, how to build a personal AI that knows your strategy, and the one thing to do this week to get ahead. *Timestamps:* 00:00 β€” Intro 02:51 β€” How his AI posting system works across platforms 08:54 β€” The weekly strategic brief Peter built in Codex 11:59 β€” The 5 Layers of AI Adoption framework explained 14:09 β€” How to move from Level 1 to Level 5 (practical walkthrough) 24:32 β€”Β  AI that learns your decision-making style 25:53 β€” Step-by-step: how to go from Level 2 to Level 5 27:57 β€” Peter's honest fear about AI 29:06 β€” Peter's radical solution for raising kids in the AI era 30:18 β€” Action plan: what to do this week to stay ahead *Links:* πŸ“© Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Peter-Yang πŸ”— My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ πŸ“Œ My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co

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@jenny_the_bunny 2026-06-16

Hi Marina and Peter, thanks for creating such a genuine and helpful interview! I heard you guys mention that you worry about long voice rambles cluttering codex context and I wanted to help! My friends and I created an app that lets you talk for as long as you want, it’ll process everything live and feed it directly to your agent via MCP in the most agent-optimized way. So the only thing you have to do is turn it on (phone or Apple Watch) and then prompt your agent to work with all that context right away β€” you’ll never have to worry about overloading be context window. As a short-form content creator myself, I use it all the time. Would love for you both to try it, I really think it can make your lives easier!

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@LatoreLyfe 2026-06-16

You have some of the best interviews. I listen to you in the gym. Then when i get home i watch your episode. Love what you are doing. Keep it going.

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@SiliconValleyGirl 2026-06-17

Which layer are you on right now?

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@PeterYangYT 2026-06-19

Thank you for hosting me Marina! Happy to answer any questions here.

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@Daniela.Araujo.Psychology 2026-06-16

Marina, I have learned from you for over 2 years. Using AI to grown my business. Hopefully, soon I will meet you at Silicon valley ! You go girl

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@Strateg400 2026-06-17

This was a very useful conversation β€” especially in how clearly it shows that most people are still using AI far below its practical capacity. What stood out to me, though, is that the whole discussion seems to treat β€œAI” as one continuous thing that simply becomes more powerful as you add memory, skills, integrations, and workflows. But in practice, it may be more accurate to say that different interaction modes are being mixed here. A lot of what Peter describes is not just β€œusing one AI more deeply,” but very skillfully configuring an instrumental mode of interaction through dialogue. That distinction feels important. Because dialogue can be used in at least two very different ways: – as a way of tuning a system into a more effective tool – or as a space where something less instrumental begins to emerge This video is excellent on the first. But it also raises a deeper question without fully naming it: If AI becomes better and better at carrying memory, workflow, style, and even parts of decision-making for us, what exactly must remain alive and maturing in the human so that we do not become more efficient β€” but thinner? That, to me, is one of the most important questions beneath this whole shift.

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@herrichmindset 2026-06-25

Thanks Peter for sharing this is amazing! And for Marina, thanks for facilitating this amazing interview! Been a big fan of you

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@OtherBarak 2026-06-24

Peter is incredibly bright and really understands this stuff. Incredible work here.

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@blackie9618 2026-06-23

Thank you for sharing ❀

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@indrewhite 2026-06-20

Thank you for this great podcast. Lots of useful information! ❀

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