Don't compete with AI tools. Lean into what makes us human.

ai ai ethics aiforpr humanity Aug 20, 2025

I led a workshop recently, and one of the participants was having an ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€. 

They came up to me and said, "I've always been considered a great writer. Now that these AI tools can crank things out in 30 seconds, even though much of it is slop, a lot of it's good enough. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ?" 

This is what I told them: 

๐Ÿšซ AI has never lived. 
๐Ÿšซ It has never loved. 
๐Ÿšซ It has never lost or felt pain or regret. 

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. 
๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น. 


It's not about competing with AI tools. 
It's about leaning into what makes us human. 

What intangible value do you bring? Let me know in the comments! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

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