The difference between those who can welcome AI and those who are frightened of AI
Since graduating from college, I have been involved in web-related businesses for over 20 years.
The first computer I touched was Windows 95.
I created a “homepage” by typing HTML by hand, and I have done SEO, web advertising, building service management systems, and many other things.
I have also started a business promoting DX for SMEs with general-purpose SaaS in a company I founded in 2020 (already withdrawn).
I have also been a nomad abroad since 2019 (with a break in Corona), and have also been practicing the new economy way of working.
So I think I am one who is catching up on basic knowledge about AI and DX today.
The evolution of AI has become much more pronounced since 2023.
In the company I founded in the Covid-19 disaster, I said, “The use of AI via general-purpose SaaS and applications will be in full swing this year!”
I had a hunch that AI utilization via general-purpose SaaS and apps would be in full swing this year, and although I am three years behind😢, “practical AI” is indeed coming our way.
By the way, Elon Musk is a key person who should not be overlooked when observing the trend of AI, although he does not need to be explained to the readers of this article.
Let’s get down to business.
There must be people who can welcome a world in which practical AI is active, and there must be people who can’t (or are afraid of it). What is the difference?
I apologize in advance that this is a very anticlimactic conclusion and does not provide the answers you are looking for.
The conclusion is “you just like the Internet, computers, and gadgets (smartphones)”. I guess this would also apply to those who like games. It’s just that I’m a so-called geek (nerd).
Geeks have a very curious minds. They love things they haven’t seen but are amazed by, and they love to discover possibilities for themselves.
They have an abundance of imagination, and when exposed to new technology, they find the benefits of “this is how it works” and are quick to implement it (conversely, they are also good at finding areas for improvement).
Above all, they can do these things “as if they were breathing”. They may not go that far “professionally” unless they are paid well, but basically they are “doing what they love”. Of course, he is willing to spend a lot of time on these things.
Whether it is the early days of the Internet or the current remarkable success of AI, the attitude of those who use and benefit from technology has remained largely the same.
They don’t look at new technologies with conspiratorial tinted glasses or approach them with trepidation, worried about what others might think. They genuinely enjoy the new technology, like a child with a new toy.
And as you may have noticed after reading this far, the behavioral traits of geeks are pretty much in line with the way they work and live in a rapidly changing world.
“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”(Bill Gates)
If you know someone who has worked and thrived in Big Tech, ask them. They uniformly love technology first. It is now an iconic company with high revenues, but the revenues are secondary.
So what if you are not a geek, but you want to be someone who embraces AI?
That is, “I want to make my current life as efficient and enjoyable as possible. I want to enrich my life to the point where I can push it to its limits. All you have to do is decide “I want to use my computers, gadgets, and web services 200% to achieve this” and put it into practice.
The process will be exciting for geeks, but painful for non-geeks. This may or may not be acceptable.
Older people and “people who call themselves analog people” cannot accept this process. So they give up and say that the existing way of doing things is better.
Let me give you a simpler and more essential point. The most important thing is “love”.
Treat computers, gadgets, web services, AI, and the people who interact with them with “love. Treat them as you would the children of our nation.
Geeks have “love. That is why I can embrace AI.
In the early days of computing and AI, it was basically “If A, then do B. If A’, then do B. If A’, then do C. If A’, then do C.” AI is simply a self-determining process of “condition -> execution” after accumulating a huge amount of data.
The reality is that even the most amazing new technology is simple. If I take off the tinted glasses I have been wearing, I can embrace AI and, by extension, technology.
TETSUYA🇯🇵
