Weeds in a Garden

Opinions about AI are like weeds in a garden nobody's tending. Everybody's got some, most didn't plant them on purpose, and half of them are just what blew in from the neighbor's yard. Say a claim enough times at enough dinner parties and it stops sounding like an opinion at all. It starts sounding like weather. Something everyone agrees is happening, nobody agrees on why, and everybody's got a coat for. Some of these claims are true. Some are half-true wearing a nice suit. Some are just noise smart enough to get invited back. I should admit my bias up front. Last year my team got disbanded, my boss got let go, and I got handed the bag. I spent some time after building (using AI) alone, without so much as an enterprise account to my name, before gaining a strong, competent team to build with. None of what follows is theory I picked up from a think piece. It's what actually held up when I put my weight on it, and what quietly gave out. Quick translation before we start. Most of what…