AI Panic

I’m tired of hearing people panic about AI without understanding what they’re even talking about.

Last week, I saw on social media “Chat-GPT is going to take everyone’s jobs.” When I asked what they thought ChatGPT actually does, they couldn’t explain it. This is the same conversation we’ve had about every new technology - calculators, computers, the internet. It gets old.

AI isn’t some sci-fi robot plotting to replace us. It’s software that’s good at specific tasks - sorting data, spotting patterns, drafting basic text. Yes, some jobs will change. That’s been true since the printing press. But we’re not headed for mass unemployment any more than we were when ATMs showed up and everyone predicted bank tellers would disappear.