I Can't Afford to Be Afraid of AI

Perspective  ·  AI & Access

I am not an AI professional. I don't build models, I don't train systems, I don't work in tech. I am a neurodivergent sole owner and operator of a small business — and I use AI professionally. Those are very different things.

AI has helped me build a website, open an LLC, learn Canva, organize thoughts that don't always move in straight lines, and navigate a job search that was not designed for how I function. As someone running every part of this business alone — it wouldn't be possible without it.

If the only voices actively using AI are the ones with harmful intentions, then we hand over the tools by default. Our fear becomes their unopposed access.

I'm not afraid of AI. I'm afraid of who's using it, and why — and what we give up when we opt out.

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