ai is a medium through which we interface with everything.

for human history we've had to learn standards and conventions in order to engage with the world. this is why we all agree to the same time format, we all speak similar languages, etc. – so that we can coordinate at scale.

this has always come at a cost. for example: my favorite language to communicate in is telugu, but i'm forced to think and speak in english in order to engage with the world.

with ai, i no longer have to.

as ai becomes the medium through which we do everything, each of us can lean into the ways and formats that fit us. you can have your own notion of time, language – and broadly anything! – and ai will make you legible to the world.

that's the thing. we confine ourselves to standards, etc. in order to be legible to the world. we sacrifice much of our uniqueness in order to gain legibility and the ability to connect with and work with others.

anyway, just a seed of a thought, but i think there's potentially something here that is worth diving deeper into.

fits into the broader theme of leaning into what makes us unique and connecting deeply with others – both are not at odds as they have been throughout history. (reminds me of the beffjezos podcast recently where he was like our fear of standing out is outdated conditioning - made sense in tribes / packs, but def not anymore).