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How an 11-Year-Old is Building with AI and Making $10K a Month

• Brooke Gramer • Season 1 • Episode 32

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In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Lucio Boccardi, he is eleven years old and a digital creator, innovator, and builder who’s already earning five figures a month online by experimenting fearlessly with AI.

Lucio’s story is a reminder that learning through trial, curiosity, and persistence still matters. From building a math video game using an AI app builder to generating royalty income from custom GPTs, he’s showing what’s possible when creativity meets consistency.

We talk about the rules he’s set for himself when using AI in school so he’s still learning the material, how he built his first Shopify store (and waited two months for that first sale), and how he turned 3D printing into another income stream. His first YouTube video reached 12,000 views.

Lucio proves that success with AI isn’t instant.. it’s built through iteration, experimentation, and staying curious enough to find your unique flow.

Topics We Cover:
• Building a YouTube channel that earns $10K+ months through AI-assisted workflows
• How to use AI to create games and interactive learning tools
• Earning royalties from custom GPTs
• Finding your “AI learning balance” in school and life
• The mindset of experimenting until something sticks

Tools Mentioned:

Content Creation & Video Production
InVideo AI, ShortX.ai, Adobe Creative Suite

Generative Media & Visuals
OpenAI Sora, Google Veo 3 AI

3D Design & Prototyping
3D Genius, Bambu Lab X1 Carbon

AI Agents & Custom GPTs
ChatGPT

E-commerce & Automation
Shopify

Projects Referenced:
• Lucio’s math video game built with an AI app builder
• YouTube channel generating $10K+ per month
• 3D printing business producing consistent revenue

Connect with Lucio:
YouTube: The AI Historian 
Instagram: The_money_maker2031

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Lucio:

If you're starting it in AI, don't expect for things to come in like this. It'll take some time. Mm. Just have patience.

Brooke:

​Welcome to How I AI the podcast featuring real people, real stories, and real AI in action. I'm Brooke Gramer, your host and guide on this journey into the real world impact of artificial intelligence. For over 15 years, I've worked in creative marketing events and business strategy, wearing all the hats. I know the struggle of trying to scale and manage all things without burning out, but here's the game changer, AI. This isn't just a podcast. How I AI is a community, a space where curious minds like you come together, share ideas, and I'll also bring you exclusive discounts, and insider resources, because AI isn't just a trend, it's a shift, and the sooner we embrace it, the more freedom, creativity, and opportunities will unlock. Have you just started exploring AI and feel a bit overwhelmed? Don't worry, I've got you. Jump on a quick start audit call with me so you can walk away with a clear and personalized plan to move forward with more confidence and ease. Join my community of AI adopters like yourself. Plus, grab my free resources, including the AI Get Started Guide. Or try my How I AI companion GPT. It pulls insights from my guest interviews along with global reports, so you can stay ahead of the curve. Follow the link in the description below to get started. My guest today, Lucio is 11 years old and he's already building his online empire at just as age. He's earning$10,000 a month on YouTube. He developed a math video game with an app builder just for fun, and he also gets paid to create custom gpt that generate him royalties. But what I love most about Lucio's story isn't how much money he's making with ai. It's how he approaches learning from dropshipping to 3D printing to his Shopify store. He really is experimenting with it all. He's even honest about the rules that he gives himself when using AI for homework so that he's always still learning. His story is a reminder that AI isn't a light switch. It takes curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to find your own unique flow with trial and error. So stay tuned to learn how Lucio uses AI to build, learn, and lead by example for a whole new generation of creators. Alright, let's dive in. Hello everyone. I'm your host, Brooke Gramer. Today I have my youngest guest. To date, Lucio Boccardi He is in sixth grade. He is 11 years old. He's an entrepreneur, he's a founder, and he's a genius self-proclaimed. I'm so happy to have you here. Thank you so much.

Lucio:

Thank you. Thank you for me having me.

Brooke:

Let's share about your journey and how you got to where you are today

Lucio:

so when I was a lot younger, I wanted to play video games. Mm-hmm. My mom told me, if you wanna play video games, you have to call you on video games. So that's what I did. I learned how to code and I code my, my, my first video game. It was fun. And then I started doing that and then fast forward three, four years later. I'm nine years old. I see. I see these AI videos, they're like historic videos and I'm like, wow, I, that's really cool. I really want to make that. Mm-hmm. And then I search on YouTube, how to make the AI videos. Yeah. And it shows me how to do it. Within the first two months, I get a couple thousand views and then four months later. I make my first$2,000. Wow. And then fast forward, like six months later, I'm making$10K month now. Wow. And now I'm, I'm thinking about doing something else with ai. I just haven't figured out what.

Brooke:

That's incredible. And so did you always love math and science? At what point did you realize you were like, oh, I'm really into this, more computer stuff?

Lucio:

I realized when I was about like in fourth grade. Like I was always excited to go on computers and like to go on my computer back when I got from school. I'm like, I'm so excited. I'm like. I'm really excited about this. Mm-hmm. That's when I said, if I'm really excited, I should get more into it. That's when I started doing more things, and that's how the success followed me with it.

Brooke:

Cool. So what do you do every day when you're playing with technology? What are you using right now?

Lucio:

Well, it's not like I, I just like focusing my, my entire life on technology and ai.

Brooke:

Yes.

Lucio:

I, during the weekends, that's really the time that I work on ai, but like, two hours every day for the weekend for, so two days. Two hours. So four hours every weekend. But on the weekdays I do homework, schoolwork, nothing late. Of course, I get, I have good grades and then I socialize with my friends all the time. Yeah, I've a pretty normal life.

Brooke:

And so when you're spending time playing on the weekends, what do you do? Do you use specific apps? Are you building your own software? Well,

Lucio:

to create, um, the videos over the years, I've done many ways. First by using something called Invideo AI. Okay? And then after that. It stopped getting views. So then I started hiring people to make the reels for me. It was successful at first. Then I realized that I'm wasting my money paying people to do it. I can just do it myself. So I started doing myself, and then I did not make it good. Because like I had to use like Adobe and stuff. I wasn't good at it. Then I found an AI called ShortX Oh. And it can create those in like five minutes and be better than that i, I paid for way better. Really short X. It's called Short X, and I think around six months ago they came out with like a new type video. It's like a would you'd rather.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Lucio:

And started focusing on that. Those, like a couple thousands of views

Brooke:

I use Descript to edit my videos. Have you ever played with any video software?

Lucio:

I've tried DeScript, but I, I tried it like before, like all the new features came out. Yeah. Because now, uh, I think it's, yeah descript, you can like edit with ai they can make it like, yes. Yeah.

Brooke:

So how do you come up with the ideas of the projects you wanna do?

Lucio:

Like the like type of videos. Mm-hmm. So really it's either I see a niche online, like it says like, five um, facts about ancient Egypt.

Brooke:

Hmm. I, I

Lucio:

would, I would copy like the title, but I wouldn't copy the facts. I would get a completely different facts. Yeah. Because I'm not the type of person to copy. Yes. And then I would get more views than that person. And if I can't, um, come up with one or I've done all the ones, I'd ask ChatGPT and it would give me good ones and I would get good views on that.

Brooke:

Wow. So how long does it take you to make a video?

Lucio:

Like the whole process or just making a video or like publishing it?

Brooke:

The whole process.

Lucio:

Whole process. Let's see. To make it five minutes. Okay. Then to upload it, to do everything, two minutes, seven minutes each video. Wow. And then I'd say in the first hour it'll get like 500 views. Mm-hmm. And then I'd say the next day, like 10,000 views. And this

Brooke:

is all on

Lucio:

YouTube. All on YouTube. Okay. And I've tried on Instagram, but like, ugh I'm not used to Instagram, TikTok. Honestly, I like YouTube better, but I know that one time, um, one day you YouTube is not gonna be popular. It's gonna probably gonna be Instagram or a new thing that's gonna come out soon, or TikTok or another social media. And I'm gonna have to move to that'cause I am not like, I stay behind, like on the race.

Brooke:

I just got into YouTube. I just launched my channel a handful of weeks ago, so it's brand new to me and I could see so many benefits of it. Do you feel like you've grown an online community on there? I can say pretty much I have, yeah. That's cool. So do you like to do full videos or do you do YouTube shorts?

Lucio:

I've tried a couple, um, full videos, but like. No one wants to watch a full video. Yeah. I think that shorts are it and the shorts. I always get a lot of views on those.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Lucio:

So, during COVID, my school shut down and I had to be homeschooled, by my mom for three years before I went into real school again. Wow. So her home schooling me, plus like her telling me, I have to make the video games. That all shaped me to be who I am today making$10K month. And I also have a 3D printing business. Oh. Called 3D Genius. Okay. And yes, AI created a name for me.

Brooke:

AI came up with your name. Yeah. I ask AI a lot as well as an entrepreneur. And, um, when I was kick starting my business, it helped me come up with my, website domain names and I just, uh, launched an online community as well and it helped me name everything and I use it a lot for copywriting and ideas in that way too.

Lucio:

Yeah. One, uh, good thing. Wait, like few prompts did you say like, pretend you are a, you

Brooke:

know, I wanna say I prompt it every time in the right way, but I don't, I actually like to use AI in a very conversational back and forth mode. Same with me. I do though think that because I've using, been using ChatGPT for so long and I make sure the memory's all updated and it knows my background and my goals. But if I am doing something really important, I will be like, okay. Uh, like for example, if I'm doing a media pitch I will be like, act like this. Mm-hmm. And I'll give it a roll because I want it to really give me advice, maybe on an angle or an industry I'm not super familiar with yet. Um, but how do you prompt?

Lucio:

If it's like something very important, like, like I need to, like do something. Okay. I use ChatGPT for schoolwork, but not to do it for me. Mm-hmm. I used it to help me. So I say like, let's say, um. Like a book, a report. I need some facts. I'll say oh, pretend you are like, I forgot the name. But like, it's someone who knows a lot of facts and say uh, what are some facts about this? I would like tell it, pretend you are a, actually, I wouldn't say pretend. I'm saying you are a lawyer, what should I do in this situation? Like I would say something like that. Wow. Course I don't need a lawyer,

Brooke:

but it's an example. Yeah. Let's go back to your schooling that you mentioned. Mm-hmm. So it sounds like you have experienced homeschooling, homeschooling, and also traditional schooling. Yes. What do you like better?

Lucio:

Traditional school. Okay. Those three years of not so socializing. It kind of affected me because like I don't know, I like traditional school, but I'm very grateful that my mom because without homeschooling me, I don't know what would've happened. Yeah, I know is I wouldn't be here today as like this kind of person.

Brooke:

Do you feel like there's a lot of kids in your grade who are using ai? Uh, definitely, but for the wrong reasons. Oh, really? To cheat.

Lucio:

Yes, but some kids, but there's some other kids who I've taught how to use AI to help them. Mm-hmm. And their, their grades have gone from B'S to a's.

Brooke:

Oh, that's great. How do you use AI for homework? What subject? Let's say science. Science. How would you use AI to help you with science Homework.

Lucio:

Okay, let's, um, let's say I need a definition of a chemical. I would send a picture of it. Mm-hmm. I would say, give me the definitions of these words and say, oxygen, carbon, it was, and I would say it.'cause if it was on paper, I would do it.'cause I actually have to write it down.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Lucio:

Because even if I don't have the definition, I would have to go inside a dictionary or switch it on my computer. So ChatGPT puts it on computer and a dictionary all in one. So that's how I do it. But if it's online mm-hmm. I wouldn't do it.'cause that is cheating. Mm. You just have to copy and paste it.

Brooke:

So take me back to that moment where you decided to be an entrepreneur and start your own business.

Lucio:

Uh,

Brooke:

where did you learn about business. And when did you decide I wanna be my own boss?

Lucio:

Well, it's not really. I wanna be my own boss but since I was little we watched Shark Tank. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So when like, I saw these people, they were saying like, like equity and everything. I'm like, what is that? I searched it up. It means like how much percent of the business. Mm-hmm. I was like, Hmm, that's really cool. And then I started my 3D printing business when I was in third grade. Mm-hmm. And at my old school, we had something called entrepreneurship class. Wow. So we would learn how to be like a businessman, but. That didn't really like, what we used to do is we used to have like marketplaces, so we used to like sell people, like things like a market. Cool. But I learned I wanted to be a business way before that. And it was just I liked, making things with like 3D printing I liked. Mm-hmm. Not having, I guess I saw like in the movies, oh, you're fired or a bunch of things like that. And I'm like, I don't want that to happen to me. It's not gonna happen. So, so I decided I wanna be an entrepreneur and it paid off.

Brooke:

Absolutely. When did you start to get into 3D printing?

Lucio:

Now that honestly is a good story. In third grade, um, there, there was this kid. Who like really inspired me. He used to be into like, like a lot 3D printing. And I'm like, that's really cool. I asked him about it, and then he's like, oh yeah, it's this, and that. He's like, oh, it creates the layers. And after that I was asking my mom about it, my sister, my dad. And then after that I'm like, okay, I wanna get a 3D printer. I got my 3D printer. It was not good. A good 3D printer. It wasn't a good one. We sent it back, but then after that I was like, how about we get 3D printer and I make things with people in my class, and after that I sell it to them. Wow. So then we, I got a new 3D printer and it was actually really, it wasn't that good, but it was like good for a starter 3D printer. So then actually with that 3D printer I made around and that, I had that app printer for like third grade and fourth grade got a new one. But in third grade I, I'd say I made like$500.

Brooke:

Wow. How much would you sell a 3D printing item? Four typically. It depends what, what if it was like a little paper cat? Paper cat?

Lucio:

Honestly the good things that the kids in my class

Brooke:

mm-hmm.

Lucio:

Did not know prices. So I would charge that for$10.

Brooke:

Wow. Even though

Lucio:

that, that like to cost it mm-hmm. Would probably cost like. 3 cents. Wow. Yes. Three, three printing. Well, a new community does not know what the price is. Mm-hmm. Like what it should be. Then they're gonna buy it. Mm-hmm. I'm not saying I'm scamming, I'm just using it to my advantage. That's incredible. And. I made four. I made 500, uh, for that grade. And in fourth grade I got a new one called the Bamboo Lab X one Carbon. Mm-hmm. It was like the, the new 3D printer came like a year before. Mm-hmm. It was like the best 3D printer ever. I actually still have it, and it, it's like a really good 3D printer. Cool. And that year, I think I made close to a thousand dollars. I think I made like 900 and something dollars.

Brooke:

Wow.

Lucio:

And that's when I'm like, I actually make this like a public business.

Brooke:

So you're making$10,000 a month? Through YouTube? Yeah, through YouTube. What is it? Through ads or,

Lucio:

Honestly, it, it's a mix of both. It's a mix of ads with content creation. Mm-hmm. And yeah. And all of the money goes into a saving account that my

Brooke:

mom manages. Do brands ever reach out to you wanting you to do things for them?

Lucio:

Well sometimes yeah, but then I'm like, no, not really.

Brooke:

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Lucio:

So when I first started, um, ai mm-hmm. Was when ChatGPT first came out. Yes. In 2022. I'm gonna be honest, it was terrible. Compared to G, to GPT 5.0,

Brooke:

yes.

Lucio:

It's, it was absolutely trash, I'm be honest. But I learned how to use other ai, like InVideo AI

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Lucio:

I used it, my first video, I think I posted it my, my first video ever. Mm-hmm. I posted it. I wanna give you the exact date so I posted it two years ago October.

Brooke:

I'll have to subscribe to your YouTube.

Lucio:

It was on October 8th. My first video, a day after I posted it, it got 12,000 views. What? And I was like, I thought that I was gonna get like, two views at most. Because I was new to YouTube, I was new to everything.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Lucio:

And I used to be in love with Vines World, so I had a channel called Lucho World. And I used to like do video games and stuff that I made. Mm-hmm. And yeah. But honestly it wasn't really my passion. AI was my passion. So I made those and I'm like, this could really be a success. Mm-hmm. So now after that, I started making videos like that. And those kept getting thousands of views.

Brooke:

Yeah, so you and I, before we jumped on this interview, you mentioned that you got into drop shipping too. Yes. So tell me about that experience. So

Lucio:

it was like a year ago. Okay. I saw like this guy selling a course for drop shipping Uhhuh. I'm like, I wonder what drop shipping is. Like how I was wondering, oh, what is ai? I didn't know what AI was at that time.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So I'm like,

Lucio:

what is drop shipping? And then I, did the course, it was free. I'm like, okay, it's not any money. I'll do it a week. I did it and I first started on Shopify. Yes. And. Honestly, it took me a while to get, um, money from there. Wow. I'd say it took me like two months. That's when I got my first sale. I was selling like, okay, let me explain what drop shipping is first. Yeah, please do. Because if I, if I don't say why it is, it is become complicated. Mm-hmm. Drop shipping is when there's a supplier. And there is, um, the customer. Mm-hmm. Normally it would be supplier would give to a store, which a store would sell to the customer, but technically in drop shipping, I would be the store. So I'm like the middle middleman and I, I, I just make the website and I have the connections to drop shipping and the customer. So once a customer. Uh, would buy for me. So I used to sell like these like fidget, boomerang, spinner things? Yeah. Well, once a customer would buy it, I would purchase it from the supplier and the supplier would send it directly to the to customer. Yes. That's where drop shipping is. Okay. So in my, so for the first two months, I made nothing until I got my first sale. I think it was like$15.

Brooke:

And I'm

Lucio:

like, okay, it took a while, but I'll keep doing it. If I don't get any more in the next three months, I'm gonna stop it.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Lucio:

For like the next, like, like two or three months, I got one sale, two sales, three sales, four sale I got, and it was three in those three months. 20 sales. Wow. And I'm like, okay, now this, I'm not gonna stop it. I'm not gonna stop it. After that it kept, it got bit low. It was like up and down, up and down. Mm-hmm. I got, I had a lot of sales. I had lower, I didn't have a lot of sales. Like how the stock market goes, it crashes, it goes up like it's life. Life goes up and down.

Brooke:

And so you transitioned out of that? Well, I didn't finish my story yet. Oh, okay. Sorry. Please finish your story.

Lucio:

Um, and I made around close to like a thousand dollars from that. I take, actually I think it was bit more than a thousand. I think I got like 1,100 and something. Yeah. I don't exactly remember. Yeah. But then. I kept going. And then after that Pete was saying, drop shipping is dead. And I'm like, Hmm, I know it's not. But then when Trump made the tariffs, I used to buy from suppliers in China.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Lucio:

And it was like a couple cents for, um, like one thing. Mm-hmm. Now it was like$3 for one thing, and I couldn't afford that I had a lot of sales. It was like, like 50 sales,$3, like$150 and I didn't have a lot of I couldn't do that. So you had to refund everybody? I didn't refund, I didn't refund anybody. I, because see I should have done completely. I like, I'm not doing this. I cannot do this. I, this is not, it's not good. And that's when. I posted drop Shipping's Dead. How many views did that video get? Couple thousand and that's when I focused more on my AI channel.

Brooke:

Cool. So bring us to today. I hear you're really into AI agents. Is that true? I am, yeah.

Lucio:

Well, I made, an AI agent for my mom. It was for bookkeeping and normally um, bookkeeping without like anything like on a book. How long would it take? A week or two, depending on how fast you are. Okay. A regular person, I think it would take a week or two. I made a GPT for a custom GGPT for her. Okay. To do all of her bookkeeping, and within 20, 25 minutes it was sent. It was sent, it was all done. It was all finished. Wow. It was all perfect.

Brooke:

And how long did it take you to make that custom GPT? Five minutes. Five minutes. And so what kind of things are you building now with agents? What do you build?

Lucio:

Well, I'm making like, I have like, um, N AI that I make scripts mm-hmm. For my videos. Okay. I made one, one for my sister'cause she's an ambassador in a program called Earth Co. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So I built a custom GGPT for her that actually is helpful for me too. That like creates scripts or videos and ideas or videos. Mm-hmm. And after she used it, she was like, oh wow, it's so good. Thank you so much, Lucio. And I'm like, you're welcome. And I used that for my videos too. So do you have clients that you make agents for now? Yeah. So like, like I have people coming to me saying, can you make an agent for me? That's literally me. So I say, okay, give, me all your details, your name, your birthday, everything about you. I'll put it into a custom GPT. I charge them close to like$50, but I told them that each time someone uses it, I get like a royalty. Wow. And they agreed to it. So I make more money from that and people ask me to do that. I. Because$50 just like one GPT, it's overpriced. Definitely. Or maybe not. We know. We don't know.

Brooke:

Yeah. We're all just learning this as we go.

Lucio:

Yeah. And when Sora came out mm-hmm. I'm like, okay, this is cool. But then when. V03 came out. I'm like, oh, this is, this is way, way cooler. It's way more realistic. Yes. Because V03 still divided the laws of gravity. Mm-hmm. But so like the regular Sora did it way more. Yeah. So then when, so two came out when you said we're all learning.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Lucio:

When switch two came out like a week ago. It was so much better. And I'm planning to use that to like promote things that I do and it's really cool. What other apps are you using right now? Let's see, I use ShortX. Um hmm. Base 4 44. What's that? Uh, Base44 is an app that can create any apps or websites for you? Hmm. So I created, um, so during the summer, like this summer I was bored. So I created something called Math Quest and I would do math and it would gimme like points. It was like a fun game like a video game I made for myself. It's better than coding by myself. Yeah. It's like vibe coding. And then after that. I needed to create 3D models from an image. Mm-hmm. So what I did is I said, make me an app that can make 3D models to 3D print from an image.

Brooke:

Hmm.

Lucio:

So it did that and it went well. I used that. I didn't publish it yet, but I'm thinking about creating an app. I dunno why, but I'm thinking about creating an app that can be helpful for. I like all ais. Mm-hmm. I was thinking of like a mix of like a bunch of like ais into one thing. Really? Like ChatGPT Gemini, grok, and like a bunch of other ones.

Brooke:

It sounds like the vortex that the collective created. Have you used the Vortex yet?

Lucio:

I have not.

Brooke:

Oh, you should talk to Jonathan about that. I'll, because that's what him and Eric have been working on. You log in and it has like Google, Gemini Grok.

Lucio:

Mm-hmm.

Brooke:

Chacha, Petit, Claude, all of them in it.

Lucio:

Yeah,

Brooke:

so take me through the process of how you create agents or custom gpt and then you sell it to people. How do you sell people access? To be able to use your apps and charge them.

Lucio:

I would test it out, and if it was good, then what I would do is I would take a link, I would send it to the person, and if they liked it mm-hmm. Then they would say, okay, yeah. How much is it? I would say$50. It depends on what it is. If it's for like business purposes, we'd be more, if it's a personal use, I would, I would say, okay, fine. I'll give it to a bit less, but not too much.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Lucio:

But, so then, um, if, if you try and scam me instead,'cause I, I would give them a link. I'm the owner of it so I can remove to their access immediately

Brooke:

from it. Yeah. Yeah.

Lucio:

So I, I don't know, I don't let people know that, but that is a thing.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Lucio:

So I wouldn't let people scam me. I only scam. Okay. No, I'm kidding. You're on

Brooke:

top of it. Yes.

Lucio:

So, yeah. And that, that's how I would sell.

Brooke:

What other advice do you have for people who are just getting into AI and, and wanna make money off of it? What advice do you have?

Lucio:

Hmm. Let see. If you're starting it in ai, don't expect for things to come in like this. It'll take some time. Mm. Just have patience. Have

Brooke:

patience. That is very smart to share because I think a lot of people think AI is gonna be this like light switch where you just turn it on and you know how to use everything.

Lucio:

Well

Brooke:

But it's a slow process of learn, relearning everything.

Lucio:

Well with me. Mm-hmm. It was slow because like chat GBT was slow. Right. But now, like GPT5 people are like getting into ai, like, I'd say like today.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Lucio:

Honestly, I'd say it would take about a good day or two for them to learn about ai.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Lucio:

It depends on what they do. If they, if they do what I did for at first, it'll probably take a day or two if they do. Like courses for like a couple hours I'd say, or do something else. Mm-hmm. I'd say a day. But max amount, two days. But still two days is a while.

Brooke:

Yeah. You can do a lot in two days.

Lucio:

And one quote that I came up. Was, and you know how people say all the time, oh, AI is the future. Oh, robots are the fu. Okay, maybe robots are the future, but AI is the future. No, AI is the present.

Brooke:

Mm, AI is the present, not just the future. AI is the present. I like that quote. Thank you. Any more questions? Um, yes. I'd love to know what are you building right now? What are projects are you doing?

Lucio:

Um, so I, I've decided to take a break from my AI channels. Okay. Yeah. Because they haven't shown a lot of success in the last couple months.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Lucio:

So, well, I think is that now AI is evolving and I have to evolve with it. So I'm just still deciding what I should do. I've gotten some suggestions from the people at the collective. Mm-hmm. I might do that. And I'm thinking about creating some apps that I can help everyday life and sell it on the app store and have like some subscriptions. I'm thinking of it.

Brooke:

Okay. If you were to wave a magic wand and be able to create an app overnight, what would you do?

Lucio:

I think that's, a wand. It's called Base 44. The, the one that I can create apps like in second.

Brooke:

Base 44 is the one where you create apps? Yes.

Lucio:

So base 44 is the wand. If I was to like wave a magic wand, I would create, Hmm. An app that could track like a fitness app? Also like an app that could like. Help kids. Mm. Learn how to be like me. Mm-hmm. Like help, like it can help kids like a, a course, but like an app, like, you know, like a Duolingo.

Brooke:

Yeah. The fun game to learn languages.

Lucio:

It could be like, oh, Duolingo coding. Oh, fun. It could be like, like an app. I can, I can teach you how to code. Like I know there's like scratch, but it doesn't like teach you how to code. Code.

Brooke:

So I

Lucio:

think I Duolingo, I, I something like do like a mix of Duolingo and coding. Mm-hmm. I think that I can make an app like that.

Brooke:

Do you feel like a lot of kids are learning how to code and are into ai like you are?

Lucio:

Not a lot of kids, not a lot because I know some kids are like, oh, I just wanna relax. It's my childhood. I respect that. I respect that. That's not me. I mean, yeah, I wanna live by my childhood. I do, but'I don't wanna be just lazy all the day and just do nothing on the weekends. I'm not the kind of person I wanna be out there. Yeah. Like this. Most kids would be like, no, I don't wanna go to this AI conference. I'm like, I wanna go to this AI conference. Yeah. Like, I wanna be in these things. It's not I don't, don't get forced to be, uh, these things or forced to do these things. I do it by myself.

Brooke:

Yeah. Are you in any other communities other than the collective or organizations where you get to talk about ai?

Lucio:

No, but. At my school, the principal wants like me to help like the school be like a lot better. Mm. Because he heard about what I was doing with my mom with the bookkeeping.

Brooke:

How do you think schools can get better with ai? What, how would you help them?

Lucio:

Let's see. So with their curriculum uh, so I know, um, this ai, I forgot what it's called, but there's this AI that, like you take a quiz and it focuses on what you can do and you can't do. Yeah. And it's like a quiz, like on all of the subjects.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Lucio:

And it, it personalizes on. What you need to work on. Yeah, so that's kind of like a curriculum, AI curriculum. Okay. But what can help, like the school. AI budgeting system.'cause that with private schools, they have budgets.

Brooke:

Mm-hmm.

Lucio:

Public schools definitely have budgets. Yeah. So like a budgeting system. I don't, don't think that like AI is gonna take over like teaching jobs.'cause like teachers need to like, be able to like, connect with the students. So to help, like schools in general, curriculum based. Mm-hmm. Like a personalized system that can help students get better on what they are. And new, like teaching formats, new teaching formats,

Brooke:

So it sounds like you are a very driven entrepreneur at a young age. Are you into finance tech? Do you do cryptocurrency and blockchain?

Lucio:

I've been told that I should do that.

Brooke:

Yeah.

Lucio:

And that's what I think that I, I should do for my next project. Yeah. I should do cryptocurrency and um, blockchain.

Brooke:

Something to look into. I just interviewed the chairman just before you, as you know, and you got to meet him. Um, you'll have to listen to his episode and talk to him some more. I'm sure he would love to mentor you,

Lucio:

yes, definitely. I would love, love him to

Brooke:

mentor me. Wonderful. Well, if you have one key takeaway, something that you wanna share to anybody listening to this podcast, what would you want to say?

Lucio:

If you ever feel like giving up always think about what you have done. And let's say you, you have done nothing. Think about what you can do. Don't think about giving up or, oh, I can't do this. Think about, oh, I didn't do this, but I can do it. I tried, but I can try more. Never give up, never back down, never give up.

Brooke:

Beautiful. Such kind last words and very encouraging. So, if listeners, on the podcast want to reach out to you, how can they connect with you? You

Lucio:

can reach out to me on my email, um, Bacardi Lucho 20 fourteen@gmail.com. I don't focus on Instagram, but it's the moneymaker 23 1. It's like the moneymaker. 20 31.

Brooke:

I'll make sure to link it in the show notes in the description. I'll also tag out your YouTube even though you're not really spending time on it but people can see and check out your channel and see all the incredible things that you built. It's called the AI historian. The AI historian is your channel.

Lucio:

Yes.

Brooke:

Thank you so much, Lucio. You're my official youngest guest to date and such an inspiration for kids out there. And truly, you know, I love that you always come to our events and you say, AI is easy, AI is easy. I think it's so inspiring and um, empowering. So. You probably encouraged a lot of people to get into learning today, so thank you so much for that. Thank you. Wow I hope today's episode opened your mind to what's possible with AI. Do you have a cool use case on how you're using AI and wanna share it? DM me. I'd love to hear more and feature you on my next podcast. Until next time, here's to working smarter, not harder. See you on the next episode of How I AI. This episode was made possible in partnership with the Collective AI, a community designed to help entrepreneurs, creators, and professionals seamlessly integrate AI into their workflows. One of the biggest game changers in my own AI journey was joining this space. It's where I learned, connected and truly enhanced my understanding of what's possible with ai. And the best part, they offer multiple membership levels to meet you where you are. Whether you want to DIY, your AI learning or work with a personalized AI consultant for your business, The Collective has you covered. Learn more and sign up using my exclusive link in the show notes.

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