I use AI every day.
But not the way people hype it up.
I still type. I still think. I still debug.
I use AI like a pair programmer — a partner to bounce ideas off of, not a machine to outsource my brain.
Recently, I saw many posts on LinkedIn that said something like:
“90% of the code I write is done by AI. I don’t type functions or variables anymore. It’s all prompts.”
“Coding is just an implementation detail now.”
That hit me in a weird way.
I get the logic. It’s efficient. It’s fast. It scales. But it also made me stop and ask:
If writing, building, and crafting things becomes “just a detail” … what are we even doing anymore?
I’m not afraid of AI. I think it’s powerful. But I don’t want to live in a world where all our thinking and doing gets handed off to a machine—while we’re told to go “focus on business.”
Because here is the thing:
- People can still survive without AI.
- We’ve done it for centuries.
- We still can.
That’s how we’ve evolved: through challenge, through building, through effort.
If AI starts doing our jobs for us…
What’s left for us to grow from? To learn from? To take pride in?
But here’s what really gets me:
Why is so much AI effort focused on coding, writing, and design—
While people still do laundry, clean bathrooms, go grocery shopping, and cook every meal?
Where are the AI products that actually help people in daily life?
We say we’re building tools to save time. But most AI right now is built for people who already have time - To help them type faster, ship startups quicker, and raise funding sooner.
I want to see more AI built for:
- The parent with a sink full of dishes
- The overworked caregiver juggling groceries and laundry
- The person who spends more time cleaning than creating
These aren’t edge cases. These are real lives.
I know real-world automation is hard. It’s messier than code. It doesn’t scale as neatly. But it’s also where help is actually needed.
Let’s not forget:
- People don’t just want to be faster.
- People want to feel like what they do matters.
If AI makes everything easy, then we better ask:
Are we making life better, or just making people feel replaceable?
I’ll say it again — I use AI. But I want it to support me, not define me. I want it to help solve real problems, not just make my commits look impressive.
Let’s build a future where AI helps us live better.
Because being human? That’s still the point.