AI is a Phantom Limb I Never Knew I Needed
How AI became my unseen, indispensable companion
I hated my university’s slogan. It was something along the lines of “Thinkers. Leaders. Doers.” It just rubbed my brain’s edges in all the wrong ways.
Doers.
Blegh. I’ve never been a doer. I’ve definitely been a thinker, though. Some might even call it chronic. “What are you thinking about?” is a phrase I’ll hear at least thrice a week. Sometimes even when I don’t leave my cave. Although those moments have the mirror worrying a bit more than usual.
On a recent trip with friends, I confessed I had been thinking about where to park before we even left 2 hours prior.
“I don’t think like that,” was the reply.
“Hmm. I do. It’s the only way I can.”
But if I had to say I’m good at something, it’s conceptualizing. Organizing. And never getting around to fucking doing it. If someone gave me $1 million to make “Procrastination” my middle name, I’d chase after a blue car before they finished the question.
I mean hell, did you see the cool white stripes on it?
Then last week I listened to an episode of one of my favorite podcasts, You Are Not So Smart, and went down yet another fun rabbit hole.
