How to Use AI: Quickly Summarize Anything (and Attack the Malarkey Where It Hurts)
Scamming the Scammers with Tony Promptano
28 Days to Digital Domination Episode 1
[Cue theme music: a mix between a mob movie intro and a 90s office training video]
Tony Promptano (strutting into frame with a coffee that’s 80% foam and 20% swagger):
Hey. I’m Tony Promptano. I once sold a vibrating office chair that claimed to reduce tax anxiety.
It didn’t.
But people bought it anyway, because I looked confident and wore a gold chain.
That’s what sales is—a little charm, a little nonsense, and a whole lot of malarkey.
Speaking of malarkey—have you seen these 28-day AI challenges?
They promise to turn you into the strongest person in the office, like you’re about to wrestle a spreadsheet into submission.
They say, “You’re over 40, so you probably think AI is short for Always Incorrect.”
Which, coincidentally, is how I describe most corporate memos and my high school chemistry grade.
“But don’t worry we can fix you!”
Scam. Malarkey. Bologna with a side of ego.
So I’m flipping the script.
Welcome to Scamming the Scammers, the only show where you actually learn how to use Artificial Intelligence—without paying $2,997 or signing up for a fake mastermind group.
Today’s episode?
Real simple.
We’re going to learn how to use Artificial Intelligence to summarize the news.
That’s right. Because I know you’ve clicked on an article, saw that it had more than four paragraphs, and immediately closed the tab to stare blankly at the wall instead.
We’re gonna fix that—for free.
Tony (leans in, lowers voice conspiratorially):
First, you need a good source. Not one dripping with spin, drama, or celebrity sidebars.
Here’s my starter pack of low-malarkey news outlets:
Reuters – British, boring, and blessedly factual.
BBC News – For when you want your American chaos narrated like a polite crime documentary.
Associated Press (AP) – No fluff, no opinions, just the goods.
UPI – Old-school and underrated. Like a rotary phone with 5G.
Grab a news article from one of those. Copy the text or the link. Then go to any decent AI tool (like ChatGPT) and paste it in. Now you prompt it with style:
“Summarize this article in 5 bullet points.”
“Break this down like I’m your tired uncle at Thanksgiving.”
“Can you tell me what’s cooking here without all the malarkey?”
The AI will spit out the main takeaways. You’ll get the facts in seconds, not twenty minutes of talking heads yelling over each other.
Tony (grabbing a prop newspaper):
Here. I pulled a real article from Reuters about missile defense. It’s long, it’s technical, and it has enough military acronyms to make alphabet soup jealous.
But when I asked AI to summarize it for me, I got this:
The Pentagon’s Long‑Range Discrimination Radar in Alaska just picked up a missile over 1,200 miles away—testing how “Golden Dome” could actually work.
Golden Dome is the $175 billion mega‑shield inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome; lawmakers are scratching their heads about the price tag and feasibility.
Designed by Lockheed Martin and overseen by U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Space Force, and Northern Command—so it’s not exactly a backyard project.
The goal? Build a satellite + ground radar network by January 2029 to spot missiles from China or Russia—assuming Congress signs the checks.
Critics say cost and timeline are sketchy, but the test proves the concept: AI-assisted radar can do the heavy lifting of keeping your cereal safe.
Boom. I didn’t need security clearance or a defense budget. I needed AI, a keyboard, and a healthy distrust of malarkey.
Tony (standing beside a whiteboard that says “Day 1: You’re Already Smarter Than You Think”):
So what did we learn today?
- You can use AI to summarize the news in plain English.
- You don’t have to be tech-savvy—just prompt-savvy.
- You don’t need a $3,000 seminar to cut through the digital malarkey.
And if you want more nonsense-exposing wisdom, don’t forget to check out The Calendar of Malarkey with my buddy Wacky Benny.
That guy once uncovered the first documented fork conspiracy.
It involved Napoleon, a gravy boat, and a misunderstanding about salad.
Next time on Scamming the Scammers: we’ll use AI to rewrite passive-aggressive emails so they sound professional but still make your point.
Because nothing says “I’m evolving” like AI-generated pettiness in Helvetica.
Until then? Stay skeptical. Stay smart. And stay malarkey-free.
[Cue exit music: royalty-free saxophone over a PowerPoint transition effect]
Mike worked in the radio industry for 35 years which means sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek, satirical, trash talking characters to remind you laughter is good for the soul! Let’s have some fun with entertainment, movies and TV, sports, budget food and games, lifestyle and we’ll get ridiculous.
