AI is Building at Wound-Closing Speed: A Burnout Survivor's Warning on Scars vs. Skin
LadyAshBorg · x · 2026-11-04
Returning from years of total exhaustion, the author uses a healing metaphor to warn the AI industry: the body closes a wound in days, but only with scar tissue—strong enough to hold, never as strong as skin; real healing takes months underneath. Everyone is building AI at wound-closing speed, and mistaking the scar for the skin is the risk. She plans extensive writing on AI governance and what follows the current madness.
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