I don’t follow the WWDC at all but this is a great write up morrick.me/archives/…
AI, and so much “technology” - or we’ll say services (ie. Uber Eats) seem designed to “take the friction” out of our daily lives; you don’t need to hail a cab, you don’t need to go to the record store, you don’t need need to talk to another person, you don’t need to leave your house- for anything, ever.
What are we doing? When you take all that “friction” out of your life, you may find that those individual points of connection and sometimes frustration were the things that punctuated a fulfilling life. What keeps you so busy that you can’t pick out the ten best photos from your last trip to send to a friend? What keeps you so busy that you can’t draw a beautiful picture? What keeps you so busy that you need an AI to give you ideas for how to spend time with your kids. What is this saving you from? What are you going to do now that you’ve freed up all that time?
I recall about 15 years ago it was fashionable for people who thought they were important to only wear one outfit to free up mental energy to make “big decisions”. I’ve always been skeptical of someone who had too much going on mentally to pull out a pair of pants; but now this thinking seems to permeate every facet of our lives. Don’t let finding the right book stand in your way, ask an AI, or have GoodReads select your next book! Hell, don’t let reading the right book stand in your way, just get it summarized by ChatGPT and say you read it!