Artificial Intelligence has moved from experimentation into everyday reality. It is embedded in business processes, products, and decision-making at global scale. This phase of AI is no longer about novelty, but about impact on productivity, on business models, and increasingly, on human work and meaning.
We are only at the beginning of the AI revolution that is changing our everyday lives and our behavior - at least in the modern and industrialized world.
Based on what I’ve read, the future of AI seems to unfold in phases, each one a reaction to the last.
First, AI automates everything it can.
Work, planning, thinking, and creating become faster and cheaper. Productivity explodes. Life accelerates.
Then, the downsides emerge.
Jobs are being lost and are changing. Burnout increases. Dependence on AI grows. We slowly lose the habit of solving problems ourselves. When machines do most of the thinking, humans begin to feel replaceable - and sometimes meaningless.
Every extreme creates its opposite.
Finally, a correction follows.
We start valuing what we once automated away - not technology, but humanity. Real relationships. Presence. Physical skills. Nature. Community. Things AI cannot fulfill, not because they’re inefficient, but because they are human.
The AI should do the difficult and tedious work.
Humans should reclaim identity, craft, and purpose.
AI will (hopefully) not erase humanity, but it will force us to remember what makes us human.
The earlier we start, the better. Let’s consciously rediscover what being human truly means.
Note: AI helped shape this article, but the thoughts behind it are mine.