Building Your Own Humanity GPT: The Personal AI Revolution Begins at Home and Work
By Professor Timothy E. Bates , PhD — The Godfather of Tech
💡 What Is a Humanity GPT?
Imagine a personal assistant that doesn’t just know your calendar, but knows you. Your moods, your work rhythm, your values. Your Humanity GPT is an AI model that reflects your personality, your cultural swag, and your day-to-day grind.
Whether you’re deep in a Microsoft Teams call, mentoring youth in the East Side, or prepping a pitch deck for a start-up in Southfield — your Humanity GPT is right there, vibin’ with you, organizing chaos into clarity.
This ain’t no ChatGPT clone — this is you-powered AI.
🎯 Why Build One?
We’re all juggling 5 lifetimes in a 24-hour day. You got:
- 📅 Zooms stacked on Teams meetings,
- 📥 An email inbox that’s starting to feel like a federal investigation,
- 💭 A million ideas, and no assistant to track ‘em,
- 🧠 And mental burnout from decision fatigue.
Solution? Build a GPT that handles your mundane while enhancing your insane — your creative flow, your hustle, and your humanity.
🛠️ How to Build Your Humanity GPT
Here’s the Professor Bates–approved blueprint:
1. Choose Your Base Model Wisely
You don’t need OpenAI’s mega-stacks. You can run this on your own hardware using:
- Mistral 7B, DeepSeek 3, or LLaMA — lightweight, open-source, and community-tested.
- Install locally with LM Studio or Text Generation WebUI.
- For mobile or low-power setups? Use GGUF quantized versions optimized for personal rigs.
2. Pre-Train on You
Upload:
- Past emails, notes, journals
- Your favorite quotes, mission statements
- Cultural material (music playlists, family recipes, even barbershop convos)
Your AI starts to reflect not just what you say, but how you say it. Whether that’s deep compassion or Detroit grind.
3. Layer In Roles
Give your GPT a job title:
- “My Life Admin” — handles calendars, bills, to-dos.
- “Professor Me” — organizes lectures, rubrics, student Q&A.
- “The Brand Architect” — manages content strategy and keeps your voice tight across LinkedIn, Insta, and blogs.
Each “persona” can be spun up or down depending on the time of day.
4. Humanity Prompts
Embed values. Example:
- “Always speak with empathy, cultural awareness, and gratitude.”
- “Remind me to take breaks, drink water, and call Mama.”
This ain’t just tech. This is self-care baked into code.
🧠 Workflows That Hit Different
You don’t need to be a coder to win with Humanity GPT.
💼 For Professionals:
- Ask: “Summarize this 30-page deck into 5 talking points for my boss.”
- Say: “Draft a response to this vendor — make it firm but respectful.”
🎙️ For Creatives:
- Prompt: “Give me 3 TikTok skit ideas using Detroit slang and hip hop culture.”
- Ask: “Turn my story into a 2-minute spoken word intro.”
🏫 For Educators:
- Task: “Build a student-friendly explanation of quantum computing using food metaphors from Flint and Dearborn.”
🔐 Privacy, Control, and Soul
This is your AI. No cloud snooping. No subscriptions. Run it:
- 🖥️ On your desktop,
- 📱 On your tablet,
- 🧠 With your thoughts (almost).
You decide what it learns, how it behaves, and when it needs a digital timeout.
🚀 What Happens When Everyone Has One?
You get a future where AI ain’t just for billionaires or surveillance states.
It’s:
- 🏙️ A grandmother in Detroit automating church announcements.
- 🎓 A teen in Flint creating a comic book universe with a GPT sidekick.
- 💼 A single dad in Southfield organizing business leads and baby schedules in the same breath.
This is empowered humanity, not automated apathy.
TGot’s Final Thoughts:
Creating your own Humanity GPT isn’t about replacing you — it’s about freeing you up. It’s about protecting your vibe while enhancing your tribe.
So go ahead, build that AI that respects your culture, reflects your grind, and amplifies your humanity.
’Cause in the words of the D — we don’t wait for the future, we design it.
🧠💙✊🏾
— Professor Bates