Episode 0: I Survived the Death Raptor TodayAIQ Ninja PodcastThis is Episode Zero. Consider it a survival story with a mission statement. I'm Dr. Layla Martin, and I wrote AIQ 2026, the number one ranked book in Computer Literacy and Large Language Models on Amazon. I also nearly got taken out by a death raptor today. We'll talk about that. Here's what this podcast is about: Read like it's 1999. Think like it's 2029. Advocate like a mother.The AIQ Ninja Podcast is where regular people come to solve real problems with AI. Not AI researchers talking about AI. Real people. Confusing medical bills. Insurance disputes. Government forms. The pile of decisions eating your Sunday. The stuff that matters.AIQ is your ability to collaborate with AI. It's the skill nobody taught you and the one that determines whether AI works for you or just creates more noise. This podcast will help you learn how to use it.That's the show. Hear my survival story on the death raptor and stay for what's coming.This episode is not sponsored by Celsius but I'm open to that. Have your people get in touch with my people. lol. Learn more at aiqninja.com.

AIQ 2026: Start Here for the book.This episode is the entry point to the book, AIQ 2026: The Collaborative Intelligence That Determines Who Thrives, which reached #1 on Amazon in Computer Literacy and Large Language Models, and #2 in Science Essays. (big yay!) The book introduces AIQ, a measurable form of intelligence that captures how effectively someone works with artificial intelligence. Not usage. Not familiarity. Actual performance.AIQ Ninja is the system built around that idea.At its core is a 37-component, transcript-based assessment that evaluates five dimensions: Creative Direction, Emotional Translation, Analytical Partnership, Synthesis Capability, and Iterative Refinement. It exists because self-assessment in this domain consistently fails. People overestimate their ability to work with AI, and the gap between perceived skill and actual performance is where time, clarity, and opportunity are lost.This episode is the first chapter of the book. Start here to understand the framework.Future episodes expand the lens. Conversations with operators, founders, creatives, and domain experts, each showing how AI shows up in real work. Not theory. Not speculation. Application.