The AI Feature Nobody Asked For (And Why It Shipped Anyway)
Software keeps shipping AI features nobody specifically requested, bolted onto tools that worked fine without them. Here is my honest theory on why that keeps happening.
Software keeps shipping AI features nobody specifically requested, bolted onto tools that worked fine without them. Here is my honest theory on why that keeps happening.
Teaching a parent to use AI tools confidently, without falling for the scams that increasingly piggyback on the same hype, takes a genuinely different approach than teaching a client.
The mistakes have not gone away. They have just gotten a lot more convincing-sounding. Here is why that is actually a bigger problem than the mistakes themselves.
I asked the exact same business question to three different AI tools to see how much the answer actually varied. The results were a genuinely useful lesson in not trusting any single one blindly.
I was genuinely excited about this tool for a few months. Then I just stopped opening it. Here is what actually happened.
People ask me this constantly, expecting either reassurance or panic. Here is the genuinely honest, more complicated answer I actually give them.
People ask what an "AI ambassador" actually does on a Tuesday. Here is the honest, unglamorous version of the answer.
A client once chose me over a cheaper, faster AI-driven alternative for one specific reason. It taught me something about where this technology actually fits.
Clients keep asking which AI tools are actually worth paying for. Here is the honest, no-hype answer I give them.