10/12/2025
The future with AI in 2026 - how I see it panning out:
We've all been told about how great AI is at content creation, but the level playing field it has created will become the new wallpaper. Access to information was what attracted me to the internet way back in the early days, but it produces new paradigms, and, as we move into 2026, we'd do well to remember that. It won't be enough to simply assemble useful facts - people can go straight to AI for that, and Linkedin will be full of those kind of posts. Good inforamtion just won't cut it anymore.
Ultimately, people buy from people they like. And a genuinely human voice will stand out more and more as LI (and elsewhere) becomes saturated by AI posts. So you need to be aware that the USP of next year will actually be personality. Your personality. You are good enough, as long as you can speak with your own voice and cut through the blankets of blandness that will be everywhere.
All of which may seem a bit weird coming from someone who both teaches AI and offers it as a service! I'm naturally lazy, and always looking for ways in which technology can help me spend less time in front of this laptop, and more time on the beach I'm lucky enough to live beside. AI can and does this for me, increasingly. The skill is in developing the hybrid model > AI can massively cut down your workload, but make sure it doesn't take any of your limbs with it! I've spent the last couple of years doing a lot of trial and error with Chat GPT in particular - I've let it take over too much at times, and felt my brain start to atrophy as a result. Now I've reached a happy place where it does the majority of work for me, but not at the expense of me. It's all a matter of know what work to give it and what work to keep for yourself - get it right and that work won't even feel like work.
Like writing this hasn't. The invititation to 'rewrite with AI' hovers beneath me throughout the composing of this post. I think I'll pass, thanks.
Right, that's enough for today, I've got the lurgy, so it's back to bed (back to reality) for me. Oh yeah, here's a picture of me on the beach I'm lucky enough to live by, just so you know I'm a real person.
