"People should detach their sense of purpose from being the smartest tool in the room, because that contest is over."
The risk of this AI era is not that machines become too capable. It is that homo sapiens quietly become passive.
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The scarce things are already starting to invert. Trust, attention, authenticity, accountability, physical presence, and the examples of when and how a human choses to spend their finite time on you or your work.
"People should detach their sense of purpose from being the smartest tool in the room, because that contest is over."
The risk of this AI era is not that machines become too capable. It is that homo sapiens quietly become passive.
Status = what can't be faked or automated: who you can vouch for, what you have actually built, the communities you belong to, and the judgment you are trusted with to exercise.
The scarce things are already starting to invert. Trust, attention, authenticity, accountability, physical presence, and the examples of when and how a human choses to spend their finite time on you or your work.
We've talked about this in my department (tech copywriter). It is easy to turn over copy edits to AI and just accept what it says.
But that is a mistake. What AI produces is great and done fast, it still needs human intervention. Even with strict instructions, AI makes mistakes or gets into patterns of overlooking things.
It is a powerful tool, but we still need to be active users.