001 - Artificial Tool, Human Burden
June 2, 2026
Transcript
When I zoom out of it all, it's fucking crazy. Every morning, I... speak to AI, like, it's part personal therapist, part professional consultant, and the whole thing gets surreal. You know, running businesses, rebuilding systems, dealing with people, figuring out operations, brand, finance, labor, marketing, and then every morning I sit down and talk through with my AI buddy. But it gives me clarity. And helps me sort through my thoughts. It helps me see what I should be focusing on, what I should probably stop wasting energy on. And I've trained it to push back. It helps me sort of think through real operational problems and actual solutions. And I was thinking like one of the strangest parts is that something artificial is helping me deal with 100s of real people. You know, staff, managers and customers, suppliers, partners, the whole 9 yards. All of the human complexity of building a company, and this artificial thing helps me organize the human chaos. At the same time, though, it does show me the limitations of AI, especially when I ask it about intangible things like taste, or timing, or judgment, or feel. Um, it can sharpen my thought, but it can't replace lived experience or human taste. Or like the intuition that comes from living. You know, even this entry is part of the contradiction. I'm using AI to sharpen reflection about using AI. But as a morning practice, it has become healing for me. And productive. You know, some people journal at the end of the day, the process, what has happened. And for me, this is like a start of the day journal. It's a way to help clear the fog before stepping into the chaos of everything. And that's maybe the strangest part. Something artificial has become a human part of my routine.