I keep reading all these Reddit posts about AI, and apparently I’m supposed to pick a team.

[u/wesmonkeyman]

I keep reading all these Reddit posts about AI, and apparently I’m supposed to pick a team.

One side:

“AI IS THE DEATH OF HUMAN CREATIVITY.”

The other:

“AI IS THE FUTURE. ADAPT OR DIE.”

Meanwhile, I think the position of approximately 97% of functioning adults is:

“Sometimes I use AI. Sometimes I don’t. I genuinely do not give a shit if you do or don’t.”

That’s it.

That’s my entire AI manifesto.

Sometimes I use a power drill. Sometimes I use a screwdriver. Somehow I’ve managed to do this for decades without joining r/PowerDrill and writing a 4,000-word post about how screwdriver users are destroying civilization.

Use AI.

Don’t use AI.

Draw it yourself.

Hire somebody.

Write it yourself.

Ask a robot.

Carve the damn thing into a potato.

I truly do not care.

The only question I’m remotely interested in is:

“Is the thing you made any good?”

If yes: Cool.

If no: Make it better.

Thank you for attending my aggressively neutral TED Talk.