It began with a social media management course. I’d always loved making videos, and the course gave me a starting point to explore that further. I made many of them in Canva. Bringing images and music together, noticing how they make you feel and adjusting things until they feel right. That enjoyment is still where it all begins for me.
From 2024, my interest in AI began taking shape in projects of my own. I worked with Leonardo AI, HeyGen, ElevenLabs, OpusClip and Agent Opus. Kling and experiments with Runway are also part of that journey. Each tool gave me something new to try.
Back then, I still did much of the work manually. I switched between tools and brought the pieces together myself.
My curiosity also took me beyond video. Around Christmas 2025, I built Bring Along in Replit, an app for a gathering where everyone brings something. I brought my ideas and wishes, developed them with ChatGPT and built the app together with Replit’s agent. My current way of working with agentic AI came later. We used Bring Along with family and friends for our Christmas gathering. Everyone could say which dish they would bring and add a link, perhaps to Instagram, YouTube or a recipe on a website. With one click, you could see what someone was planning to make.
We could see at a glance who was bringing what and what was still missing: a starter, a main course, a dessert or something to enjoy in between. It made coordinating everything so easy.
What I loved was how the excitement started in the app. You could see what others were contributing and felt inspired to add something yourself. Preparing for the evening became something we shared. Turning an idea of my own into an app we actually used, in Replit, was wonderful.
I was eager to work with agentic AI as soon as it became accessible to me. When that opportunity arrived, I embraced it quickly. My agents can carry out several steps of a task and use the tools they need. That helps me try out ideas faster and develop them with more focus.
For me, this collaboration accelerates the creative process. Human direction remains essential. I see myself as the conductor of an orchestra: I set the direction, listen to how everything comes together and guide the work. My agents bring their capabilities, but I decide what I want to express, which choices we make and when the result feels right. What we ultimately share remains my decision too.
I also reflect on the questions historian Yuval Noah Harari raises about AI, human understanding and responsibility. For me, that means continuing to think, ask questions and check the results. A convincing answer is not proof that something is correct. I want this collaboration to help my own understanding and skills grow too.
That gives me more room to learn through making. That helps me develop my feel for images, music and storytelling. Not every experiment works. Seeing and hearing what isn’t right yet helps me discover what I want to change.
