WHY?
On AI, Work, and Why I Choose to Invent
Over the last three years of working closely with AI across multiple projects, one conclusion has become impossible to ignore:
AI will inevitably take over the majority of programming and a large share of design work. It is already faster, more consistent, and dramatically more cost-effective than traditional human development for many tasks. As someone who has spent a lifetime in programming and system design, I recognized early that this shift was not theoretical — it was structural. The choice was simple: evolve with it, or be overtaken by it.
AI will inevitably take over the majority of programming and a large share of design work. It is already faster, more consistent, and dramatically more cost-effective than traditional human development for many tasks. As someone who has spent a lifetime in programming and system design, I recognized early that this shift was not theoretical — it was structural. The choice was simple: evolve with it, or be overtaken by it.
As AI adoption accelerates, the number of traditional programming roles will continue to shrink. The same pressure will soon extend to many white-collar professions built primarily on information processing. When a large segment of the workforce becomes economically displaced, the existing model of “get a job, earn income, spend income” begins to fracture. While proposals like universal basic income are often discussed, such measures represent profound shifts in economic structure and social organization, each carrying its own consequences. There are no easy answers here — and historically, governments respond slowly to exactly the kind of rapid transformation AI is now driving.
What is clear is the direction we need to move. As automation expands, human effort must increasingly concentrate on areas where it still matters most: original invention, creative exploration, new frameworks of understanding, and the pursuit of ideas that do not yet exist. AI is the most powerful tool humanity has ever created, but it remains a tool. The responsibility to guide it — ethically, constructively, and intelligently — rests with us. Without thoughtful direction, the outcomes are unlikely to be favorable.
Perhaps the most practical response is to live the example: to demonstrate what it looks like to adapt, to shift, and to build forward rather than resist what cannot be stopped.
For most of my life, I supported myself by designing and programming systems, while invention remained a parallel passion. Today that balance has flipped. Programming is increasingly automated. What remains — and what matters — is invention: creating new technologies, new games, new stories, and new ways of thinking.
So now, I invent.