A non-techie runs his tennis league and daily chores with an AI helper

Nathan Czubaj says he is one of the least technical people he knows. He now uses an AI helper to run his Thursday evening tennis league. Players have noticed. The weekly emails arrive signed "Nathan's agent." According to Business Insider, the setup has worked well for several weeks and saves him a lot of time.

What the helper does

The tool is Dots, a personal AI assistant from OpenAI. It can handle tasks over time and work with other apps. Czubaj describes what he wants in ordinary language, and his own Dot connects to services he already uses.

• Every Monday it checks a spreadsheet of player availability.
• It emails players who might be able to play that Thursday and asks them to confirm.
• On Thursday morning it reminds confirmed players about the 7 pm start.

Before this, the league meant spreadsheets, scheduling, endless reminders and chasing players who forgot to reply.

A rougher start with another tool

Czubaj's path was not smooth. A few months ago he tried Claude Code from Anthropic, a tool that can write software and carry out complicated computer tasks. He stopped using it. In his words, it was not easy to manage and took much longer than doing the work himself.

Beyond the tennis court

Czubaj runs Mindset Unlimited, a business that offers coaching and training to help professionals communicate and lead better. After tennis, he began handing Dots more of his personal and work life. On one recent day he asked it for help with several things.

• Guitar practice and a workout routine
• Shopping lists and selling items on eBay
• Finding a birthday present
• Creating a family book of memories

He also uses it to remind him to call friends, suggest books, find workshops and shape longer-term goals. His approach is to put everything on his to-do list into Dots, so the AI can look for solutions while he works on other things.

What to keep in mind

Czubaj admits he sometimes spends more time guiding his Dot than he would like. That matches the point of the story: these helpers may save time on small chores, but early on they need some direction. The story does not say what Dots costs, who can use it, or how it handles personal information, so those are worth checking before relying on it.

What happens next

Czubaj pictures a future where everyone's AI agent talks to everyone else's and handles routine tasks automatically. The writer notes that this future is not here yet. For now, the clearest value may be ordinary: help with the dozens of little chores that fill a day.