A viral essay was posted a few days ago by a Matt Schumer meant to help introduce the current state of artificial intelligence tools to people who do not work in technology.
It’s a very compelling piece of writing which I believe will be well received by normal people especially older family members or technical skeptics who are often the hardest to reach because of age and experience gaps.
The author is the founder of HyperWrite. His company offers a suite of AI writing and research tools. So yes, his excellent writing and wide reach (over 40 million views so far) were achieved thanks his fluent use of AI tooling for both writing and promotion. The end result of using tools is an excellent piece of writing distributed far and wide.
Don’t let his usage of AI in writing and publishing stop you from taking his points seriously. In fact, it should encourage you to read it and consider if you want to share it. You too will soon be competing in a world where regular people like Matt are capable of super human feats. Perhaps you’d like the same leverage for yourself and your family.
All of us can learn to work with the amplifying effects of networks and artificial intelligence algorithms with practice and usage. Allowing us global reach and potentially maximizes the potential of our insights and points of view. That should make us feel better about where we are headed and not worse.
I feel it is useful to share the essay with your skeptical family and friends who are either scared, confused, angry or indifferent about the rapid changes because it is the current reality we all live in.
I know it’s hard as a middle aged professional to learn new tricks. I’m in the middle of it too. But we have to educate all of us and it’s going to take some time. I’d rather we get started on it. And on that note my lunch break from Montana’s digital innovation committee is only an hour so I’ll get back to it.