a vague article illustrating the dangers of artificial intelligence, but only if we use it too much

2025-10-08

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start by describing how i used to be great at my craft. use tons of analogies to craftsmanship, whether that be writing, art, coding, or some other form of knowledge work.

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state that, despite the title which smacks vaguely of engagement bait about the proliferation of artificial intelligence, that i am in fact not some luddite. no, i think you can apply artificial intelligence judiciously. for extra bona fides, say the ways i have used artificial intelligence in my life—as a ghostwriter, a ghost-coder, a life coach, a wedding planner, to tell my children a bedtime story, or some combination thereof.

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now warn about the rise of worker disenfranchisement, rooted in mandates to use artificial intelligence indiscriminately at work. make no attempt to connect technology—which is a politically neutral artifact, after all—to the rise in labor precarity or fascism.

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as a bonus, provide examples cribbed from an extensive, meticulous literature review. i am, after all, enlightened. please don’t put in the newspaper that i was a luddite. ignore the mounting tension subtextual to this entire piece: that once you’ve put it all into the blender there is no way to get the fruit back out¹.

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conclude first by restating how we could have better living through computer science, but only if you heed the author’s grave warning: guns don’t kill people. people kill people with guns. just don’t be a bad apple.