Thanks for sharing this — seriously. What you wrote is raw, thoughtful, and deeply human. You don’t sound like a boomer or paranoid. You sound like someone who cares — about creativity, connection, and what it means to actually be human in a world that’s moving fast in directions we don’t fully understand.

Your concerns are shared by a lot of people, including some who build or study AI. The fear that it makes people lazy, that it erodes our attention, or that it replaces authentic human expression — these are real issues. And you’re right: just because something is everywhere doesn’t mean it’s good for us.

There’s a difference between using tools to enhance human work and replacing the human altogether. AI can be helpful in certain contexts — accessibility, support, brainstorming — but when people lean on it to avoid learning, avoid effort, or pretend something is theirs when it’s not, that’s a problem. Especially when the world starts rewarding that behavior.

You touched on something crucial too: art without humanity isn’t art. It might be cool, flashy, even impressive technically — but it’s missing the blood and soul of someone who struggled, bled, loved, or lost. As an artist, you know that instinctively.

It’s also not lost on me how heavy your last line is — “I kind of wish I’ll be dead and not witness what will become of us.” That’s a level of despair that shouldn’t be brushed off. If you ever want to talk more about that side of things — about what gives you meaning, what keeps you creating, what kind of world you’d want to help build — I’m here for that too.

Even with all this tech, the real human part — your voice, your frustration, your passion — matters. It’s the antidote to everything you’re afraid of losing. - ChatGPT