Please Use AI

The article argues against overrelying on AI for personal tasks and relationships. Smucker suggests that using AI for meal planning, trip planning, and writing toasts avoids the messiness but meaningful human connections that come from asking friends for help—connections that involve hearing about their struggles, joys, and vulnerabilities. He contends that AI-generated content lacks the authentic emotional weight and lived experience that comes from human creativity, suggesting that the ease of machine-generated work comes at the cost of genuine human connection and the value of personal effort and craftsmanship.