What Can We Do With AI?

I have been in the business software solutions industry for 25 years, and we are based in St Helier, overlooking the beautiful dam and the trail route down to Giba Gorge. Our view gives me inspiration and strength, and often reminds me how important it is to step back and see the bigger picture.

Working in this space has taught me that change is constant, and how we respond to it matters. In the last few years, there has been noise building in the background, steadily getting louder and louder.

If you are into software as we are, Artificial Intelligence is either a major existential threat or the greatest and most powerful tool in your toolbox. Its impact on you depends on your position. Most of us have already used ChatGPT to do amazing things, like quick research or summarising a document. But AI is more than that.

In many ways, these tools are becoming like a personal assistant or even a second brain. A useful description I have read is: "Consider one of these agents to be like an extremely naïve assistant with super powers."

I have used this agent to complete some time-consuming and increasingly complex tasks for me. I started using it to prepare reminders for me, plan meals (most dreaded question in my life: "Babes, what should we have for dinner?") and help me with online shopping. I have also started using it to monitor my competitors and see what they are saying or doing. It's incredible.

But beyond what these tools can do, I've realised something more important: technology will always move forward, the real question is whether we move forward with it, or allow it to overwhelm us.

Where do we go from here? Others forecast doom and gloom for all of us trying to build a life and career in an uncertain world.

Between the hype and the fear, it's easy to feel unsure, but I've come to believe that our attitude matters more than the prediction.

I have decided to embrace this technology and see what it can do. I always recommend "Human-in-the-Loop" oversight to ensure we don't create technology that can fly off without control.

In other words, we can stay present, thoughtful, and intentional in how we use what's in front of us. Perhaps this applies far beyond AI. Life is always shifting, sometimes quietly, or all at once, and we are constantly faced with the same choice: resist, fear, or step forward with curiosity and intention.

Finally, when considering the threat of this technology, I lean into my Christian faith, knowing that my purpose is grounded in something greater than myself.

That gives me perspective. It reminds me that while technology may change rapidly, the deeper things, purpose, character, how we treat people, remain steady.

So perhaps the challenge isn't to have all the answers about what comes next, but to decide who we want to be as it unfolds.

Because in the end, the future isn't just shaped by technology, it's shaped by the people choosing how to use it.

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