AI just gained us... Nothing. Even in our shitty jobs. We've lost what truly matters.

Hi, IT engineer and musician here.

I felt the need to remind people (and maybe a bit myself) that AI brought us nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Of course it can sum up a pdf for you, write code, or give you a proper Excel formula. Of course, if you need a soundtrack for a commercial product, it's cheaper than hiring a songwriter.

That being said, the result is absolutely nothing. The only thing that matters for an individual is the process, let me take examples with the above topics :

If someone is providing you a documentation to read, either it is for work or other uses, each word and line into it has a meaning. Of course, some of the content is not that relevant, but if one is providing such content for a given purpose, it is for you to take the time to read it. Why ? Because if some information is blurry or missing, it allows you to connect with the author, to discuss, to critique, for you to earn knowledge and for him/her to improve the way he/she is writing documentation.

If you need to write code, AI will of course suffice to give you functional code according to the given instructions. But when it comes to you, the human, you don't really care about that. What matters is making errors and learning from them, even if it means an angry boss or frustration. (Remember : frustration is okay, and it's a powerful evolution tool that helps you to think better)

Same regarding music, if you want to produce a movie or a video and you need music for it, it is your duty to work tightly with a musician, discussing the intended message behind the video, what emotions should be carried by the music. AI will absolutely never give you a good piece of music. Because it's not making music, it's overlapping frequencies to produce songs through Fourrier transform.

To sum up that rant, if we want not to sink in an even more crazy world, we REALLY need to connect again with excellence. Excellence doesn't mean farming KPI for your dumb manager, excellence is all about yourself, taking time to experiment, fail, and when you are doing something, to make it right. We are billions on earth now, we shouldn't need to be squeezed like lemons for the sake of efficiency.

Thanks for reading me, sorry for my bad English.