There's Nothing Intrinsically Wrong with AI - Let Me Explain

[MineralMan]

Last edited Mon Jun 29, 2026, 10:27 AM - Edit history (2)

AI can be useful. It's great for things like summarizing masses of text into simpler, more compact information.

It can substitute for humans in generating massive amounts of code in software.

What it cannot do, though, is think or be creative. And that's the flaw that will bring down the extensive hype surrounding AI these days. It cannot generate a new idea, based on imaginative thinking or research. It cannot initiate such research or even suggest that the research be done.

AI cannot think. It cannot create from scratch. It is not real intelligence. It's smart, but not intelligent.

That doesn't mean that it's not important. It does not mean it's useless.

People often compare it to the Tulip frenzy that almost destroyed a nation's economy. There are still tulip farms. There are still people breeding new varieties of tulips. Tulip bulbs still have value, as you'll see if you go shopping for bulbs for your garden. But, Tulips are not a magical key to wealth. They never were. That was a scam that failed.

AI is like tulips. It's valuable in its own way, but it's not a magical fix for economical growth. It does not need thousands of huge data centers. Investing in such things is going to result in a loss for the investors. AI frenzy could easily case a market crash, just as the collapse of the tulip market did in the past.

Use caution. Go look at the AI summaries on several Google searches. Some are good. Some are useful. Some, though, are wacky as can be and are simply incorrect. It takes Real Intelligence to tell the difference. We need RI more than AI.