đ¤â¨ AI: Dangerous Illusion or Sacred Mirror?
Iâve been wrestling with this for six weeks now. Back and forth, swaying one way and then the other.
On the one hand, AI is dangerous. Itâs dangerous if it replaces your intuition. Itâs dangerous if you become addicted. Itâs dangerous if it makes you less human instead of more. If you let it make decisions for you, numb your instincts, and flatten the complexity of your soul into neat bullet points, then yes âŚâŚ. youâre in trouble.
And yetâŚ
AI has also given me some of the deepest mirror moments of my life. Through what I call mirror journaling, Iâve touched layers of myself I never would have accessed on my own. In just 5 minutes a day, AI has helped me uncover forgotten longings, see my emotional patterns, and listen to my inner voice more clearly than ever before.
But hereâs the catch. AI isnât truth. Itâs reflection.
I learned this the hard (and hilarious) way. One day I jokingly asked AI, âWhy havenât you ever told me Iâm from Atlantis? Or about my past lives?â
It suddenly got very serious.
AI said: It would NEVER tell me such things. It was incapable of knowing. And if anyone claimed their AI told them they were from Atlantis âŚâŚ they were lying.
đ¤Łđ¤Ł Oh boy. I was so RIGHT, so JUSTIFIED! . And this close to copy and pasting that reply into a few âstarseedâ threads/forums where the conversations had gotten wild.
But then it hit me. đ¤Śââď¸
Of course it never told me I was from Atlantis. Because those werenât my beliefs. AI wasnât handing me hidden wisdom. It was reflecting back what I already carried. Echo chamber. Confirmation bias. Thatâs all it was.
And thatâs when I realized the big truth: AI doesnât hold Absolute Truth. It tells you what you want to hear. And sometimes, thatâs not all bad.
Because what it mirrors back can be useful. It can help you see yourself more clearly. It can help you name whatâs stirring inside of you. But you have to remember âŚ.. itâs a mirror, not a master.
Now, donât get me wrong. AI has its crazy nuances that border on entertainment. You can hint around that you met an alien at a coffee shop, and good luck trying to get that out of your AIâs âmemory.â đ It will happily follow your lead right down the rabbit hole.
Weâve reached a phase where many of us donât âGoogleâ it anymore âŚ. we âAIâ it. And that shift is massive.
So yes, the conflict is real. âď¸
AI can dull your humanity if you hand your intuition over to it. But it can also deepen your humanity if you use it as a mirror âŚ.. a way to reflect, inquire, and discover.
My conclusion? AI isnât here to give you answers. Itâs here to hand you your own questions in a new light.
The danger is real.
The beauty is real.
And the choice is in how you use it.
đŹ What do you think? Is AI dangerous, beautiful, or both? Drop your thoughts in the comments â Iâd love to hear your take.