Off the Grid: Finding Balance When AI Becomes Just Another Tool
Sean calls in from the road. Moving from 'AI is magic' to 'AI is a tool,' avoiding burnout, and designing for models that deprecate in months.
Sean recorded his half from the road, unplugged from the AI news cycle, so this one is questions from Sean and answers from me. The theme: the move from "AI is magic" to "AI is just another tool," and how to keep a team balanced when the novelty wears off and the more-more-more mentality sets in.
Sean shares his AI photography coach, which teaches him camera fundamentals through structured challenges and fast feedback. I respond with decoupled architecture, vendor lock-in, and my 3D printing and AI-assisted mechanical engineering experiments. The through line is designing for change when frontier models get deprecated within months.
Listen to episode 15 on bloodsweatandtokens.xyz, or watch it on YouTube.
About Taylor MacDonald
Taylor’s career started in Lexington, KY designing and developing big-name collegiate athletic sites like ukathletics.com and texassports.com. Later, while working at Creative Department in Cincinnati, he pushed his analytical side, working on brands like Tide, Macy’s and LexisNexis.
Taylor joined the Ample partnership in 2014 and in his role as our Chief Technology Officer has pushed our company and clients to the next level. As chief JAMstack evangelist, Taylor has a passion for simple, battle-tested architectural solutions that drive down costs and increase confidence for our clients.
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