Author Admits: On Most Things, I Don't Want AI to Optimize My Life
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-09-21
Following up on the argument that AI assistants reduce effort but not friction, the author says that outside a very small band of things where he's ambitious, he is describing himself.
He doesn't want to be more organized, schedule things better, or get help booking restaurants or shopping. He wants to putz around aimlessly at the mall, spend too long browsing Airbnbs, and skip learning to program his car radio or rearrange his phone apps.
It's a counterexample to the assumption that AI assistants will be broadly adopted.
Related event: The AI Assistant Paradox: Nobody Wants Ten Decisions a Day(2 posts)→
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