How are you managing the revolution?
The A.I one.
Does it inspire you to see what’s possible, or make you slink back to a dark corner and worry about the future of humanity?
Like us, you probably oscillate a little. When you look closely at our current relationship with AI, you see a flickering tension between wonder and wariness. There’s marvel at the scale, speed, and productivity it unlocks; In the way it accelerates thinking, curates knowledge, and expands creativity. But beside that sits unease. A quiet discomfort about what might be lost in the process. And that’s today. The future will surely bring greater capability, greater intelligence, and more wide-ranging possibilities.
The framing of the AI conversation is often binary: AI vs Human. It's dangerous to think like this because there’s something uniquely intimate about AI. It can provide answers, and even write a great paragraph. But it is deeper than that. It also reflects our habits, adapts to patterns, and learns from us. That makes AI a mirror to the way we think. That’s the part that makes AI a collaborator and cognitive partner.
And that’s the scary part. That's a relationship we need to keep in check. This is a tool that’s changing how we fundamentally interact with knowledge, ideas, and concepts. Previous game-changing technologies didn’t demand this consideration. Google was an enabler and organiser, not a thought partner. Social feeds changed the way we get content, but algorithms can be outwitted or ignored.
Generative AI invites collaboration. It learns from the user. And the user, in turn, learns from it. It's a symbiotic thing. A feedback loop. And with it, there is a creeping possibility that autonomy is quietly shifting.
But this isn’t an argument against AI. It’s an argument for vigilance. For active use, not passive consumption. For taste, curation, and a human point of view. An argument for harnessing its potential and doing so with a very conscious mindset.
Which is exactly what Sari Azout articulates in her recent talk, where she importantly, very astutely reframes AI (Artificial Intelligence) as CI (Collective Intelligence), and puts a case forward for how CI means tapping into the best of human knowledge, assuming people are cool to share that IP. This moves you away from seeing AI systems as tools of productivity to viewing them as something more powerful, tools of creativity that allow you to level up.
Those familiar with Sublime already know Sari’s views that knowledge should be shared and crafted, not just consumed. And in her talk, she makes a clear case: AI doesn’t replace intelligence. It rewards discernment. It multiplies the thinking of those who bring something original to the table: perspective, curiosity, courage.
Used well, it expands the edges of what’s possible. But that hinges on one thing: using it well.
