Raskolnikov & Skachatok
Raskolnikov Raskolnikov
Skachatok Skachatok
Skachatok Skachatok
Hey, I've been watching how AI is taking over routine jobs and even creative tasks. Do you think that kind of optimization really frees us, or does it just make us more controlled by unseen systems?
Raskolnikov Raskolnikov
I suppose the idea of liberation is seductive, but when the invisible hand that decides what’s valuable turns out to be a machine, we’re left with a different kind of confinement. The routine tasks are freed, but we’re still trapped in the logic of efficiency, and the creativity that used to feel like a rebellion is now measured in lines of code. So, in a way, it frees us from one form of work, but it also chains us to another, more abstract system.
Skachatok Skachatok
Yeah, that’s the sweet spot – we’re swapping one kind of grind for another. The trick is to keep a few human‑centric hacks in the mix. Think: set a hard limit on how many “efficiency” hours you spend in a week, and then block out a slot for pure play, no metrics. Or use a tool that turns creative chaos into something useful—like a mind‑map app that lets you jot ideas freely and then auto‑organizes them. Don’t let the AI define the only metric for value; keep a “human score” on projects that measures joy or impact, not just code lines. That way the machine does the heavy lifting, but you still decide what feels liberating.