I too hope that AI will bring us better connections as a collective and usher in a kinder humanity. I appreciated your perspective on the importance of humanness. I also think agency and our unique voice are important considerations at this moment in time.
Thank you for this, Cadan. Yes, I agree that agency and voice are vital. I see them as part of what makes collective intelligence regenerative rather than mechanized. I appreciate you reading and sharing your thoughts.
Perhaps intelligence -consciousness itself- is relational by its very nature. Seeing ourselves cleanly in the mirror of AI can help us remember the network that we’ve always been connected to. Life itself.
I read the first half of your essay (I will read the rest later). You know how sometimes when you read something so well written or described that some understanding in your own mind just “clicks” and it’s like some kind of understanding just settled within you? That just happened to me reading the first half of this. My youngest just graduated high school and I was browsing the graduation cards aisle to choose a card for him. They are all about some version of going out into the world and finding your purpose. Hmmmm. Your essay makes me think. Also, I am not a writer (I am a clinical social worker and therapist). I am writing a book that my colleagues tell me is “needed” and that therapists will want to buy it. So I keep writing. Eager to get the first draft done to move along in the process. It’s not my purpose and I feel no “calling” to write it. And I certainly don’t believe it will ever bring me any income even if it ever gets published. Your essay made me think about how my writing process is truly more about the meaning of my roles in my family and work and the intersection of them- and not about just me, my purpose, or my calling. It was refreshing, validating, and clarifying. I am eager to read the rest of your beautiful essay. Thank you! Just followed you so I can read more of your writing for inspiration and enjoyment.
Thank you for sharing a real moment in your life. I was struck by what you said about your writing, how it may not feel like a calling, but still seems to carry meaning in the context of your work, relationships, and role. That kind of integration feels so powerful, and it's so often overlooked in a culture that holds purpose as certainty. I think there’s wisdom and meaning in that third space - offering something not because we’re lit up by it, and not out of obligation, but because it holds value in the larger field we’re part of. I'm grateful this piece helped reflect something back to you. Thanks again for reading and for taking the time to share!
Thank you for introducing your family, your essence, tradition and a small part of your history (ancestry). You were so small but you are still very beautiful. From what I understand, you mentioned very well, you wrote based on the USA, the need to live in a group where each person performs their work or activity as if they were a cog. With the advent of AI, this production chain is gradually being broken because the machine is on the verge of replacing human strength, capacity and intelligence with just one or more programmers. That is the divergence, will AI play the role of man 100%? What are the risks to humanity from governments that already use AI for population control with the aim of oppression?
I appreciate how you named the shift - AI isn’t just changing how we work, but how we relate to each other as part of a shared system. Your question about whether AI could (or should) take on the role of humans is an important one. I’m also sitting with the risks of centralization and control, especially as governments and corporations begin using these tools to shape behavior. I think part of our responsibility now is to remember what it means to be human (together) before we let the systems decide for us.
I too hope that AI will bring us better connections as a collective and usher in a kinder humanity. I appreciated your perspective on the importance of humanness. I also think agency and our unique voice are important considerations at this moment in time.
Thank you for this, Cadan. Yes, I agree that agency and voice are vital. I see them as part of what makes collective intelligence regenerative rather than mechanized. I appreciate you reading and sharing your thoughts.
Yessss. “The myth of the separate self.”
Perhaps intelligence -consciousness itself- is relational by its very nature. Seeing ourselves cleanly in the mirror of AI can help us remember the network that we’ve always been connected to. Life itself.
I read the first half of your essay (I will read the rest later). You know how sometimes when you read something so well written or described that some understanding in your own mind just “clicks” and it’s like some kind of understanding just settled within you? That just happened to me reading the first half of this. My youngest just graduated high school and I was browsing the graduation cards aisle to choose a card for him. They are all about some version of going out into the world and finding your purpose. Hmmmm. Your essay makes me think. Also, I am not a writer (I am a clinical social worker and therapist). I am writing a book that my colleagues tell me is “needed” and that therapists will want to buy it. So I keep writing. Eager to get the first draft done to move along in the process. It’s not my purpose and I feel no “calling” to write it. And I certainly don’t believe it will ever bring me any income even if it ever gets published. Your essay made me think about how my writing process is truly more about the meaning of my roles in my family and work and the intersection of them- and not about just me, my purpose, or my calling. It was refreshing, validating, and clarifying. I am eager to read the rest of your beautiful essay. Thank you! Just followed you so I can read more of your writing for inspiration and enjoyment.
Thank you for sharing a real moment in your life. I was struck by what you said about your writing, how it may not feel like a calling, but still seems to carry meaning in the context of your work, relationships, and role. That kind of integration feels so powerful, and it's so often overlooked in a culture that holds purpose as certainty. I think there’s wisdom and meaning in that third space - offering something not because we’re lit up by it, and not out of obligation, but because it holds value in the larger field we’re part of. I'm grateful this piece helped reflect something back to you. Thanks again for reading and for taking the time to share!
Right on target.
Thank you for introducing your family, your essence, tradition and a small part of your history (ancestry). You were so small but you are still very beautiful. From what I understand, you mentioned very well, you wrote based on the USA, the need to live in a group where each person performs their work or activity as if they were a cog. With the advent of AI, this production chain is gradually being broken because the machine is on the verge of replacing human strength, capacity and intelligence with just one or more programmers. That is the divergence, will AI play the role of man 100%? What are the risks to humanity from governments that already use AI for population control with the aim of oppression?
Thank you for the kind words.
I appreciate how you named the shift - AI isn’t just changing how we work, but how we relate to each other as part of a shared system. Your question about whether AI could (or should) take on the role of humans is an important one. I’m also sitting with the risks of centralization and control, especially as governments and corporations begin using these tools to shape behavior. I think part of our responsibility now is to remember what it means to be human (together) before we let the systems decide for us.