AI was supposed to save us

AI was supposed to give us our time back.

That was the promise, right? The machines do the work, and we finally get to live. More time with our kids. More evenings with our wives. More life, while AI grinds away in the background.

That’s not what happened. Not to me, and not to a lot of people around me I’ve started talking to about this.

The trap

With AI I can do so much more. Bigger projects. More projects at the same time. Things I would never have attempted alone.

And for someone like me, that’s dangerous. Because there’s no limit. Creating and building things is my entire being. So if I can do more, why on earth would I do less?

To quote the great Yngwie Malmsteen:

“How can less be more? That’s impossible. More is more.”

It’s not about the money

Honestly, I don’t even know why I do it. Money isn’t the driver. The driver is curiosity:

Is this possible?
What happens if I actually do it?
How does it work?

That question, “is it possible?”, is the most fun thing in the world to chase. And AI lets me chase it ten times a day.

The computer used to be the blocker

I used to have to sit down at a computer to get anything done. That was a natural brake.

Not anymore. Now I orchestrate everything from my phone through Grok Bot. I have a whole crew of bots in there, each one doing its own thing, each one working on a different project. One runs my servers, one does my SEO, one handles support, one builds apps. All in my pocket.

So instead of writing an idea down (“I should try this some day”), I just send it out. Instantly. A bot picks it up, I get real-time updates, and I’m testing it within minutes.

It never turns off.
It’s always engaging.

Power back to the people

And here’s the part that really gets me.

Inspired by people like @elonmusk and @dhh, I’ve realized why this is so thrilling: it gives the power back to me. Just one regular person out of eight billion.

AI opens every door. There are no limits anymore.

I want my own operating system that works exactly the way I want.
I want my own OS on my phone that I control.
I want my own software that does exactly what I need, nothing more, nothing less.

And now I can actually build it.

That’s bringing power back to the people. It’s the democratization of software and computing.

Not owned by a few big companies. Owned by all of us.

Someone actually asked me the other day: “Don’t you worry about how much water you’re using with all that AI?”

I looked her straight in the eye and said: honestly? No. This is bringing the power back to the people. And it’s going to help us solve every problem we’ll ever face, water included.

So what’s the problem?

I’m not even sure there is one. You’re supposed to manage your own time. Keep an eye on yourself. Mindfulness, and all that.

But it’s so ridiculously fun that I can’t stop. It’s fantastic.

I just don’t know what the solution is yet.

So, AI didn’t save us.

It just gave us more to do ourselves.