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My Daughters Hate AI, But I Build AI Businesses
An AI practitioner reflects on why his daughters dislike AI and argues that the technology appeared in everyday products without enough explanation or introduction.
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An AI business builder reflects on the irony that his twin daughters say they hate AI. He says their reaction is often rooted in the feeling that AI entered everyday products without people choosing or asking for it.
The discussion compares opting into email or paid software with receiving AI responses in familiar search experiences. It offers a personal explanation for resistance to AI: not only concern about the technology itself, but discomfort with it becoming part of ordinary digital life by default.
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I have twin daughters.
Oh, nice.
To quote them,
Mhm.
"I hate AI."
Is that what they said?
Yeah. And there's some irony, of course, because I'm running a business trying to help people with AI. So, I I poke at that a lot and ask a lot of questions, and it's usually around, you know, AI was brought to us without our asking for it.
Right.
For example, if I wanted email, I could sign up for email, and I could have an email address, if you think back. If I want to use a certain piece of software, I pay for the software, I can use the software. AI, when you did a Google search, you received AI responses. You received Bing responses, right?
So, the the AI has brought itself into people's world without their asking.