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I really appreciated these nuanced comments on AI!!

What you said about human community becoming as important as exercising is so interesting… it makes me wonder if AI will actually help us escape the vacuous world of social media. People are craving community, and AI could help them understand their need for it even more.

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I think it will. What I am seeing is AI almost as a turnkey helper. The amount of information out there is a never-ending waterfall and I'm watching people gatekeep their attention in real-time, both here on Substack and elsewhere, to trusted groups and individuals. You can get AI apps now to organise your inbox, structure your lists and block trolls on social. It's more like the robot helpers you would see in the 1960's Jetsons cartoon or in Japanese anime. At the same time, humans are getting more innovative and interesting because we can now bypass a lot of the repetition that tied up our energy.

My biggest takeaway from that talk is that humans crave humanity and we're not as replaceable as we think.

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