Zack Kass

We wrote about this recently.

One of my biggest complaints right now about the way that AI is being discussed is

is how poorly people are using syntax.

Misplaced, misused words in the context of complex concepts is very expensive, not just because it cheapens the dialogue, but it actually reinforces total misconceptions.

And there are a lot of examples of this, but one recently is someone was like, humans must always be in the loop.

That's how we will maintain our humanity.

This was like a very prominent leader.

And I was like, that's not true at all.

I don't need a human to always be driving a car.

There are plenty of loops that we should remove humans from.

But when you say things like this, people go, yeah.

It was like a very popular soundbite and then LinkedIn post, and then a bunch of people started saying, we need human.

It's like when you say things like this,

you totally cheapen the discussion.

And it's not even that there's a lack of nuance, it's that there's actually a gross misuse of words.

And so broadly, my message to most leaders is, one, we have a moral obligation right now to talk about a better world.

Optimism, I argue, is a moral obligation.

You cannot build a world that you cannot imagine, and you cannot imagine something you cannot describe.

And we should start talking about solutions, not problems.

I will die on the hill that we are doing an incredible disservice to our children and their children by not describing a better world.