SPECIAL EDITION!

“THE HUMAN AI DETECTORS - And Other Familiar Enemies of Progress”

Today’s post is a little different from my usual deep dives into engineering culture, architecture, and leadership.
This one is a Special Commentary Edition - because sometimes the funniest (and most revealing) lessons about modern work come from outside the codebase.

We’ve all lived through the same old warnings:
🧮 “Calculators will make you forget math.”
📱 “SMS will make you forget grammar.”
👥 “Social media will destroy real friendships.”

And now the 2025 classic:
🤖 “AI will make your brain stop working.”

Meanwhile, anyone who has actually used an LLM knows the opposite is true:
👉 AI is a productivity multiplier.

But here’s where the story gets interesting…
There’s a growing group I call THE HUMAN AI DETECTORS - often in recruiting and headhunting - who live in a perfect paradox:

“We help you improve your LinkedIn with AI!”
…but also…
“We reject applications if they used AI!”

It’s like telling a finance candidate not to use Excel,
an engineer not to use CAD,
or a driver not to use power steering because “real drivers use muscle.”

In this commentary piece, I explore why this mindset exists, why it’s flawed, and what it reveals about our relationship to technology, truth, and talent.

This one is humorous - but with a serious message underneath.

👉 Read the full Special Commentary Edition here:
THE HUMAN AI DETECTORS - And Other Familiar Enemies of Progress