THIS DAD LEFT HIS 6-YEAR-OLD WITH A COMPUTER FOR A WEEK – SO HE USED GROK BOT TO BUILD A SAFE, KID-FRIENDLY COMPUTER WITHOUT OPEN INTERNET ACCESS Before leaving, he needed to give his son access to a computer without giving a six-year-old unrestricted access to the internet. So he asked his Grok bot Theo to build a kid-friendly launcher that blocks the open web and limits the computer to apps designed to encourage creativity. Theo handled the coding, testing and kept him updated while he was away. But Theo wasn’t the only AI employee working for him. Scout searches for rural properties that match his family’s criteria – enough land, plenty of trees and close enough to an airport – and messages him whenever she finds a good one. Simon handles his finances, categorizing expenses and tracking his spending because, by his own admission, that’s something he’s terrible at doing himself. And none of this required him to sit at his desk. He could be on the other side of the country and his kid’s computer would keep improving, his house search would keep running and his finances would keep getting organized. That’s the interesting shift. AI isn’t just helping him work faster. It’s keeping his life moving while he’s not there.