How Much is AI Harming Our Ability to Connect?

It’s no secret I’m a full-on AI skeptic. And while I still use it, I’m very, very worried about the long-term effects of overuse. I saw a number of stories over the summer that point to us losing our ability to connect with other people.

We’ve decided that efficiency and productivity are more important than everything, including accuracy and trust. That we’ve decided to implicitly trust something made wholly by other people, some of whom don’t fully understand what their creation does.

Here’s my approach to AI, how we can be better, and my hopes for 2026.

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Show Notes

• We’re giving up too much to AI
• Don’t Rely on AI for Human Growth and Healing
• Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI
• Meta’s AI rules let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
• We are rushing into the same mistakes we made with social media
• Faster Doesn’t Mean Better. Faster Means Faster
• The AI Trap: Why Over-Reliance will Cost You Time (and Your Voice)
• The Urgency of Interpretability
• It’s Been 2 Years Since ChatGPT Came Out. How do Solopreneurs Use It?

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