Last night at dinner with Rob we again got into a lengthy discussion about AI and it's use and importance going forward, one which once more I blundered into by saying "I don't have time to play with AI" (which Mary had rightly pointed out sounds snooty and holier than thou the last time I had said it). I think in retrospect what I meant/mean to say when such words issue from my lips is that I refuse to allocate time to playing much with AI.
For much the same reason that I try really hard not to buy books from Amazon and also to buy outdoor gear (which constitutes ever more of my garb) from Great Outdoor Provision at Eastgate instead of the companies that send me catalogs or even REI. I want to support distribution channels that support people.
In the realm of information, I want to find and support sources of both wisdom and good information and wherever possible cultivate relationships with them. I want to reward them for their work. In the future it does seem that AI will end up being a great source of answers but to what extent will it help us formulate the right questions? Aye, there's the rub. As answers get easier, questions could get ever more complex and we will need to build and maintain cultures which help us formulate them. Which won't happen if we're ceaselessly searching for the quickest path to answers.
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