AI can help people turn useful ideas into things they can try, examine and improve, opening more routes into contribution and personal development.
AI’s risks deserve serious attention. They range from displacement to energy to existential.
However, it is also important not to lose sight of one clear human case for it.
Understanding a problem has never guaranteed having the means to solve it. A useful idea can go nowhere because the person who has it lacks the technical skills, specialist support or resources to try it.
Experience acquired through doing work is a direct route into personal development. People can now attempt more, learn from the results, and take greater responsibility for what they create.
AI can reduce barriers. An idea can become something to realise, examine, challenge and improve.
It is important not to discount some real risks and challenges. However, AI can also bring more human intelligence into use.