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Someone asked me: "I don't like what AI is doing to the world, but I use it to create images and it gives me anxiety.. how do I navigate this?"

This is just my opinion, from my own experience. I agree we can end up relying on AI because it makes things easy, or seem easier, and then we stop doing the thing we can bring the most value in, which is thinking. I don't think it's going to go away, so I might as well learn how to use it and do as much good as I can, rather than burying my head in the sand.

I talk about AI slop and why being real stands out, the tractor and the kettle, what part I can play, values that can grow and change, and what is actually causing the anxiety. My advice is to start with the first word you don't understand, and take it one word at a time.

In this episode

• Why relying on AI means we stop doing the thing we can bring the most value in, which is thinking
• Garbage in, garbage out, and how AI fills up the blanks
• AI slop in your inbox, and why people still want a real person
• Putting your own voice to it, and doing your own thinking on the bigger things
• The tractor, the early days of computers, and how to use this superpower
• Letting it take the mundane, so there's more room for what matters
• Why I don't think it's going away, and what part I can play
• Values that can grow and change, and what is actually causing the anxiety
• Starting with the first word, and taking it little by little

Chapters

00:00 Relying on AI, and the Thinking We Stop Doing

02:42 AI Slop, and Why People Still Want a Real Person

04:22 Put Your Own Voice to It, and Being Real Stands Out

07:09 A Tool Like the Tractor, and How to Use the Superpower

09:13 Let It Take the Mundane, So There's More of What Matters

11:35 It's Not Going Away, So What Part Can I Play?

15:34 What Aligns With You, and Values That Can Grow

16:52 Where the Anxiety Comes From: Not Feeling in Control

19:49 My Advice: Start With the First Word

21:14 Learn the Basics, and Feel Less Overwhelmed

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