No. 74 AI is not your friend or your enemy … it’s a computer
I use AI to help me with every podcast episode I make. Topic generation, writing descriptions, making titles — AI has been a big part of my podcast process for a long time. I was an early adopter, I’m not planning to quit, and no, this is not an episode telling you to cut AI out of your life. But lately … I’ve been feeling disillusioned.
In this episode, I sit in the gray area and talk through my evolving relationship with AI — what it offers, what it takes, and why something about it has started to feel unsettling.
We’ll cover:
Using AI as a therapist, expert, artist, and even a friend
How confidently wrong AI can be — and why that matters
The way AI can undermine critical thinking and creative struggle
Outsourcing communication, ideas, and emotional labor
Feeling skeptical of everything online and questioning what’s real
How constant AI-generated content can flatten nuance and push us into black-and-white thinking
Why you don’t have to be fully for or fully against it
Staying open-minded, human, and intentional in a rapidly changing digital world
There’s no hot take or final answer here — just a real-time processing of how to stay thoughtful and grounded while engaging with a tool that’s not going anywhere.
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Your prescription for living well, dose for this week: AI isn’t your friend or enemy — it’s a tool, but one we easily humanize because it talks like us. While it can be helpful, it can also hallucinate, collect personal data + quietly shape creativity, communication + critical thinking. The healthiest approach is staying in the middle: use it intentionally while continuously reflecting on how it affects your life.
AI can be helpful, but when it starts replacing reflection, emotional processing, creativity, or difficult conversations, it can quietly distance us from ourselves + each other. The risk isn’t the technology itself — it’s losing presence, critical thinking, + authentic voice by outsourcing things that actually build connection + self-trust. The healthiest stance is mindful engagement: use tools when they support you, but stay anchored in your own feelings, relationships, + lived experience. 💻
