Hey Kuba, stumbled across your account, this article was fun!
I write about AI adoption and you actually got me thinking how the tech bros, with their LLMs and AI tools, are making it a point to make our lives „easier” and „more productive”.
The products promise to give us time back, where in fact everyone seems to be busier and more stressed than ever.
Every chat ends with a kind offer to check, build or provide something more. Every AI agent is meant to take something off our plate, when we’re not even sure we want it.
I think kind kindness going wrong is acceptable (and sometimes funny) idea, but false kindness with promises of better life is often just a cheeky marketing strategy.
You're also touching on an important point that technology designed to make our lives easier does the opposite by changing the standards of what's "normal". People may work less to produce the same output, but expected output is higher now. Do you think soon enough people will be fed up of "helpful" technology?
Nope. People (I’m no exception) love convenience, even if we pay with our privacy, sense of agenda and more. It takes a lot of effort to reach outside of the algorithm on Netflix for example.
Quite a fun read! Humor and comedy are indeed clever. hard to keep a shield up while laughing.
As for the essence, I absolutely agree; I'm particularly familiar with one side of it, the "fixing everything" one.
A kid comes and asks his friend, "I have these two candies, but I'm not sure which one to eat first." - His friend then takes them and grabs them so naturally that it just "happens," and, while chewing, says, "I don't understand; that wasn't that hard. They were equally good."
😂 I know, right? Some life experiences, indeed, can be stolen through spoilers of what lies ahead. Later I understood things like, "David, don't mess with his head!" I thought they were just repeating something they heard somewhere else, not referring to a real thing. As for the door one, that one was plain hilarious!
The running story made me laugh. Good intentions don't always equal good results. Sometimes the best thing we can do is slow down and understand the situation before jumping in to help.
Hey Kuba, stumbled across your account, this article was fun!
I write about AI adoption and you actually got me thinking how the tech bros, with their LLMs and AI tools, are making it a point to make our lives „easier” and „more productive”.
The products promise to give us time back, where in fact everyone seems to be busier and more stressed than ever.
Every chat ends with a kind offer to check, build or provide something more. Every AI agent is meant to take something off our plate, when we’re not even sure we want it.
Hey Justyna, It's great to hear you enjoyed it!
I think kind kindness going wrong is acceptable (and sometimes funny) idea, but false kindness with promises of better life is often just a cheeky marketing strategy.
You're also touching on an important point that technology designed to make our lives easier does the opposite by changing the standards of what's "normal". People may work less to produce the same output, but expected output is higher now. Do you think soon enough people will be fed up of "helpful" technology?
Nope. People (I’m no exception) love convenience, even if we pay with our privacy, sense of agenda and more. It takes a lot of effort to reach outside of the algorithm on Netflix for example.
Interesting. Time will tell, but you may be right about the effort part.
Netflix is a funny one. We started watching it to avoid ads on traditional TV, but now we watch ads on Netflix and pay for it! 😂
The frog in the boiling water. Gets us every time.
Quite a fun read! Humor and comedy are indeed clever. hard to keep a shield up while laughing.
As for the essence, I absolutely agree; I'm particularly familiar with one side of it, the "fixing everything" one.
A kid comes and asks his friend, "I have these two candies, but I'm not sure which one to eat first." - His friend then takes them and grabs them so naturally that it just "happens," and, while chewing, says, "I don't understand; that wasn't that hard. They were equally good."
Thanks David! I think some humour is a must!
And regarding the candies example - that’s just theft! 😂
😂 I know, right? Some life experiences, indeed, can be stolen through spoilers of what lies ahead. Later I understood things like, "David, don't mess with his head!" I thought they were just repeating something they heard somewhere else, not referring to a real thing. As for the door one, that one was plain hilarious!
That opening story had me laughing...Such a great reminder that kindness is most useful when it meets someone's actual needs, not our assumptions.
I’m glad you got something useful out of it, and a bonus laugh too!
The running story made me laugh. Good intentions don't always equal good results. Sometimes the best thing we can do is slow down and understand the situation before jumping in to help.
Some comedy with a lesson attached to it 😂