Humans are Becoming Simple Megaphones
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AI has not just entered the workforce. It has begun speaking for it.
Over the past two years, the rise of large language models has transformed how we work, far beyond coding. People now turn a few lines into pages of documentation, which others then use AI to summarize, critique, and challenge. The result is often a document generated by AI, reviewed through AI, and filled with comment threads written and answered by AI.
The same pattern is emerging in meetings. Someone introduces a topic, and others begin consulting AI from behind their laptops to shape their responses and support their arguments.
In software development, using AI to write code has become the norm. Increasingly, so has using it for code review. The growing volume of code and the pressure of limited time lead people to ask AI to review changes and generate comments. Then, another AI fixes the code or responds to those comments.
Perhaps this is simply the new normal. AI can help us move faster, explore more possibilities, and sharpen our ideas. But perhaps it also marks the beginning of a clearer distinction between people who think for themselves and those who merely act as proxies.
In the end, I believe those who become simple megaphones for AI will gradually lose the confidence and ability to produce truly original ideas, the kind that go beyond the most statistically probable answer. It reminds me of the modern gray and white aesthetic: widely accepted, rarely disliked, but loved by almost no one with real passion.
As for me, I want to keep thinking and acting for myself, using AI to amplify my thoughts, without becoming a puppet of this global puppeteer.