The point of AI should be to give us more time and attention for what humans do best
AI should automate downward, not upward. If it isn’t reducing your boring computer work and freeing you for more creative work and more time with people, you’re using it wrong.
Use AI for routine cognitive work—the repetitive, mechanical, administrative, and tedious parts of working with computers—not the higher-order human work of creativity, judgment, reflection, and relationships.
The point of AI should be to give us more time and attention for what humans do best.
Last Updated on August 17, 2026 | Published: August 17, 2026