my life is already simple without ai, what now?
It won’t be long before AI agents will permeate every aspect of our lives. It would be able to do menial tasks, and all the things that people simply either don’t have time or don’t want to do.
But what about the people who prefer living a simple life? Who prefer to keep the rooms uncluttered by not owning much at all? Who would give up opportunities to make more money simply because it’s not worth the extra mental energy or headspace? Who would rather keep their email inboxes clean by not signing up to a bunch of garbage subscriptions in the first place?
A new class of society may be created consisting of these individuals who go the opposite direction of complexity, engaging in silent competition against the masses whose daily checklists increase in length thanks to the automating power of AI.
At the end of the day, as AI becomes more powerful, people will start to feel pressure to live more complex lives and add on more responsibilities, as the old and mundane will be automated away.
Because how fun would it be to sit on a couch and stare at the ceiling as the world goes by? That’s the complete antithesis to life.
I’ve been playing with agents a lot lately, spending money for the first time to access more powerful compute to do my own projects. The power of this tech is real, but I wonder how meaningful it would be to my personal life, apart from work.
I don’t have a cluttered inbox, a ton of rooms to maintain, a desire to eat restaurant level food every day at home, a lot of text messages incoming on the daily, or a lack of energy to get up to turn off the lights for bed every night.
What will become of me?
How can I embrace AI while my lifestyle is keeping it out?
Questions to ponder…
CZ