The Story My AI Told Me It Couldn't Write

In this episode, I share a conversation with my AI that led to an unexpected revelation. When I asked if it could write an irrational story that moves the human heart, the AI paused before admitting it couldn't—because such stories stem from love, an emotion it can never experience.

This exchange sparked a reflection on what makes us uniquely human in an age of AI. While AI excels at finding optimal solutions through logic and data, humans consistently make "inefficient" choices driven by emotion. We take scenic detours, pursue unlikely dreams, and make decisions based on hunches rather than calculations.

As AI technology advances, it paradoxically highlights the value of our illogical, contradictory nature—the very qualities that create meaningful stories and experiences. Rather than viewing this as a limitation, I explore how we might embrace a complementary relationship with AI: letting it handle efficiency while we cherish the beautiful inefficiency of being human.

A meditation on finding the right balance between technological progress and preserving what makes life genuinely interesting—our wonderful, inexplicable humanness.