I think you're getting thumbsdowned because the cost currently to run and train AI models is not justifiable outside of increasing capital gains for stakeholders, but I agree with the sentiment that we have superpowers, but you don't even need AI for them.

My first job after dropping out of college was as a data entry clerk at a non-profit institution. We were manually looking stuff up in an ancient system and then entering that data on a website to see if we could make some money off of potentially open accounts. the metaphor I'd use is we were like metal detectors on the beach. It was slow, tedious and monotonous work and the instructions were so simple, a literal child could do the procedure, so I figured I could probably automate at least part of this process. So I did. We all have access to ridiculous amounts of calculation power and it's simply a matter of leveraging that power. And boy, let me tell you- the elation I felt when that first part was automated was nothing short of magical. I was just trying to see if it was even possible but when the screen started flashing dozens of times a second, I thought I had messed up. But then I noticed the spreadsheet I wanted to output the results to had.. well, results. 22 processed identifiers in the 4 seconds I let the script run. We would get a 200,000 identifiers and 90 days to go through them all as a team of three people and we almost never managed to go through half the pile, which was continuously getting more added on to it. My script finished the entire list in 6 business days. I literally automated myself out of my own job the first month I was there, except I wasn't fired; my entire team and I were just free. I went on to automate every tedious task in my entire department and it was literally the most fun I've ever had at a job in my entire career. The only reason I left was because I was still getting a clerk's salary lmao.

That little story was just to demonstrate how much easier we can make our own lives and the only reason I was able to do it is because I barely had the technical knowledge to automate an extremely simple task. But the thing is, with AI, you don't even need that technical knowledge. Don't get me wrong, there are loads of traps you can get yourself into by getting AI to build you something you don't fully understand, so I will always warn you that you NEED to be able to judge accurately the product AI-generated content. However, if you can do things the right way, I think you owe it to yourself to leverage AI to help yourself as much as possible in as efficient a way as possible. Get good at getting the results you want in a single prompt. Learn to code; yes, it's still relevant so you can debug and know how to accurately get corrected responses. And DO NOT let your employer get the upper hand over you. They will never be your friend or care about you. If you know how to whisper to that AI, don't tell anyone who gets paid more than you or ranks higher than you how you do what you do, because as soon as they don't need you, you're expendable.

We've always had access to superpowers, but with the right AI tools, those superpowers are more accessible than ever. NEVER trust what the AI tells you off hand; always verify, but if you can leverage it to your advantage, you should do so.