Why Try AI

Why Try AI

AI Is Simple. Just Ask the Experts.

10 clearcut, non-contradictory truths about AI.

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Daniel Nest
Jun 12, 2025
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People make AI sound complicated.

It’s not.

All you gotta do is listen to the experts; they have it all figured out.

That’s how we know that…

1. Prompt engineering is a critical, useless skill

There is no two ways around it: If you want to get ahead of the 99%, you'd better master prompt engineering, fast. It’s the skill of the future.

Have you mastered it yet?

Good, now forget about it, because prompt engineering is dead. AI models can prompt themselves more effectively than your dumb human brain ever could.

2. AI boosts and destroys creativity

If there’s one thing we know, it’s that AI is a powerful “creative engine” that spurs innovation and “promotes divergent thinking.”

If there are two things we know, it’s that AI can “hinder independent creative performance” and lead to the “potential death of human creativity.”

So please, stop relying on AI while always using it for inspiration and creative work.

3. AI will make you indispensable, then take your job

I bet you’ve heard this a million times:…

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