Watching someone seamlessly operate an AI like Claude recently left me with a profound sense of both despair and hope.
The despair is obvious: the inevitable evaporation of routine, administrative jobs within corporate structures. But the hope is revolutionary: AI is drastically lowering the barrier to entry for small, independent businesses.
We may be on the verge of a historical reversal. Instead of a future dominated by massive corporations, AI could actually fuel a renaissance of the "personal shop"—small-scale, individual-driven spaces that serve as platforms for pure self-expression.
As non-human intelligence perfects efficiency and logic, what will people truly crave?
In a hyper-rational world run by machines, I believe our greatest value—and our deepest desire—will shift toward the exact opposite: the deeply human, the physical, and the beautifully "irrational" work that connects us.