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Musings about AI

Unicorns! Free beer!

Hmmm, just finished reading an article about PM and AI and what the future holds. Apparently AI is a panacea for all ills and life is about to get better for everyone… should be about another 20 minutes or so and then we reach nirvana. I don't want to be a naysayer but maybe, just maybe, the author of that article is a tad optimistic. My take is that AI is like a very sharp sword - it will absolutely cut both ways. I think we're already seeing both positive and negative impacts and both will likely become more significant over time. So, is stuff going happen? It already is. Will all of that stuff be good? Not a chance. But, there will be good and that's the opportunity!

Time for dirty fingernails I think

So much talking, reading, more talking and fourth hand story telling… I had a minor epiphany the other day - all my reading and thinking about AI isn't actually accomplishing much, other than scratching some sort of Calvinistic itch. I seem to learn more about AI by actually using it! Everything from content building and strategy review to menus for dinner parties. So, a new resolution (timely I know); less reading and more doing.