AI Won’t Solve the Human Condition...

And That’s a Good Thing

The little girl carefully writes out her letter. It’s messy, full of misspellings, but it’s hers.

Her dad smiles, then hesitates. He opens an app. A few taps, and the letter is rewritten—perfect grammar, polished phrasing. AI did it better.

But did it?

That was the premise of a Google Gemini ad aired during the Olympics. The backlash was immediate. The ad …