This was sexiest email I ever got (sorry ÜberHub)! 😍
So seductive. So sexy. 😘
A dedicated browser that does things for me as a PA would?
I have to admit that the dizzying pace of AI, especially #AgenticAI with promises of making our lives better, freeing us from the mundane so that we can ‘focus on the important’ stuff can be so so compelling.
But at what cost? 🤔
Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal Messaging talks about how ‘Agentic AI is like putting your brain in a jar’ in her interview with Guy Kawasaki on “The State of Online Personal Security and Confidentiality”.
(Link to the youtube and article below 👇🏻 – please filter by “most recent” as LinkedIn hides comments with links 🙄)
We make poor decisions when we are in a hurry.
And the speed at which AI is progressing can lead to a FOMO-like feeling.
“If you don’t master AI and prompt engineering, you’ll be left behind!” 😮
“Roll out #AgentForce NOWNOWNOW or your competitor will make you eat their dust!” 😫
“You haven’t got the latest and shinest? You’re already irrelevant.” 😖
It’s really hard not to respond, but we must take that pause.
And ask really important questions.
What are we actually optimising for?
Convenience? Efficiency?
Or are we trading away our agency, our privacy, our ability to think critically? 😐
When we let AI manage our passwords, our contacts, our calendars, and even our decision-making processes, we’re not just outsourcing tasks—we’re outsourcing parts of ourselves.
The promise is seductive: “Let us handle the boring stuff so you can focus on what matters.”
But what if the boring stuff IS what matters? What if those mundane interactions are how we stay connected to our own lives?
The real question isn’t whether we CAN automate everything—it’s whether we SHOULD.
Sometimes the most revolutionary act is simply slowing down and asking: “What am I really giving up here?”
