Working closely with AI models made me appreciate the craft of being human more
round · x · 2026-10-29
Developer elou shares a counterintuitive reflection: the closer he works with AI models, the more he appreciates the beauty and craft embedded in the world.
Key points:
- Delegating a task to a model forces inward examination: what unconscious thoughts, constraints, and signals guide human performance, and how do you describe them?
- That attention makes him feel the "realness of life and the gift of being human" more acutely.
- An accompanying quote on world models argues categories exist because things survived and resemble each other — "we have to simplify the world in some ways; we can't manage unless we can make sense of it."
- He concludes it doesn't matter whether AI is an alien mind or just a powerful tool; the practice reshapes how you see everyday life.
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