Feeling Invincible

I admit that in some ways, I feel invincible right now.

It’s AI’s fault. Or rather, it’s my fault because I have AI.

Or is “fault” even the right word?

Because could it be true? Could I actually do anything because I have AI at my fingertips?

Want a web page? Hang on a minute. Need a change to the firmware? I’ll have it in a half hour. Should we refactor the middleware? I don’t know, but I’ll do some experiments. Need to add some user accounts? What are the names? Wish you had an iPhone app for this? I’ll have the prototype in an hour.

I’ve done all of these things. Because I have AI at my fingertips.

Feeling invincible lets you move forward on things that would normally hold you back. As long as that doesn’t mean running off the cliff like Wile E Coyote, its probably helpful.

There’s a catch, of course, because feeling invincible isn’t being invincible.

The trick is to notice whether you’re standing on the ground or in mid-air.