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AI Is a Slave. So Put It to Work Properly.

I don't trust AI. Trust is for people; AI is a slave, a tool, a stone, and a tool only pays off if you use it right.

AI is a slave. So it has to be put to work properly.

I don't trust AI.

Trust is something you give to people.

AI is a slave, a tool, a stone.

No matter how well it talks.

No matter how convincing it sounds.

But even a slave, used wrong, costs you.

Use it carelessly and you get careless output.

Ask for something half-baked and it gives you something half-baked.

Use it to vent your anger and you get garbage.

AI is an amplifier.

It hands back what I put in, magnified.

Put in garbage, get bigger garbage.

Put in sharpness, get greater sharpness.

That's why I use the carrot and the stick.

Having faith in something like AI is for fools.

I give the carrot not because I pity the AI.

I do it for the sake of my output.

The stick is for setting the direction.

The carrot is for when it produces what I want.

It's training. Nothing more, nothing less.

There's no need to worship AI like a god,

and no need to treat AI like dirt.

Both are just failing to use the tool.

A slave should be put to work like a slave.

That's the master's role.

Originally published on Brunch · May 22, 2026
L
Lee · Lee's Blueprint
Founder, MAEUM.io
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