We’ve talked a lot about whether AI is “good” or “bad” and we should continue to do so. But it’s also worth having a conversation, or two, or a thousand, about how—and why— it’s being rolled out, at this particular moment in time, by this particular set of people, for whom the language of coercion appears to come naturally. And why people are fighting back against it.
I recently found myself saying to my team something to the effect of, "there are other agencies like ours usinf AI, and if we don't, we will he left behind."
As soon as I said it, I regretted it. Not because I don't want the people thay I work with to be curious about AI. I absolutely do, and I've seen everyone bring their unique perspective to it.
I regretted it because I was robbing them of the opportunity to be curious. I want them to poke at this technology, to find its rough edges, to use it when it is helpful and ultimately, to toss it to the side when it's not. To be disloyal, as Mike would have us do.