One of the hopes for AI is that it can help us do more of the work we want to do and less of the work we don’t want to do.
The question is: What kind of work do we want to do?
It’s easy to answer with clichés. Work that’s creative. Work that’s meaningful. Work that’s fun.
What’s meaningful? Fun for who?
AI doesn’t care. AI will take on whatever we give it. Boring? Repetitive? Beneath us?
Sure, but if we’re not careful, we’ll discover that sometimes the boring parts are the parts that keep us engaged in life. The routine that shaped us. The repetition that made us better.
The work we say we want is often messier than we remember.
So, what kind of work do we want to do?
