I stopped drinking the AI Kool-Aid
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- The author draws a parallel between his childhood obsession with Kool-Aid points and his later blind acceptance of AI hype.
- He felt pressured by his manager to 'drink the AI Kool-Aid,' leading to over-reliance on AI tools like GitHub Copilot.
- A wake-up call came from a human interaction that revealed the exhaustion and negative impacts of AI on real connections.
- He observes a decline in human interaction: unacknowledged hellos, automated services, and lifeless resumes, suggesting a 'dead Internet.'
- The author now prioritizes reconnecting with people, being authentic, and moving away from AI-centric thinking.
- He concludes with a call to 'be excellent to each other,' emphasizing human connection over AI dependency.