The AI Fatigue

I ranted big in my journal today, cursing like I rarely have. Reason? I am absolutely tired of reading all about AI. It feels like there is nothing that anyone talks about these days other than AI. The voices that don’t speak about AI are the ones I want to follow. I can’t, because those voices are drowned out by the cacophony of people clamouring over this meaningless promise of progress that’s making us hollow within.

You use it? Great. Why do you have to go on about it? There is no mastery that you are demonstrating. You are only demonstrating your lack of courage to stand out. After all, what did you really do? You chatted with a soulless token generator. That’s it.

Am I surprised? Not at all. Showing oneself off is the most fundamental human instinct. Everything we do traces back to that instinct. It is AI today. It was something else earlier.

I am not against people using AI. But stop making that the centre of your life. It’s a tech, use it as one. After all, you don’t talk the whole day about your blender, right?

Towards the end of my journal entry, I had this rueful acknowledgement.

I want to slow down, man. Not really read about anything AI. Not write about anything AI. Not build with anything AI. Not use anything AI. Forget AI exists. Can I? Absofuckinglutely not!!!

If anything could push me towards a life disconnected from the internet, it’s people who won’t stop talking about AI.