The Pragmatist

You think AI is good for people, full stop.

It saves you hours and makes you sharper, and you're grateful for it. You also think the race to AGI should stop, because nobody needs it and the bill is too high.

Your usage is modest and happy. Your AI is a tutor that explains things you were too embarrassed to ask a coworker, and a helper that writes the lesson plan, the invoice, the cover letter. It's the new spreadsheet, wired into your docs. You have never once typed "agentic." When someone shows you their fourteen-agent swarm, you nod politely and think, I just want better Excel.

You're a fan of the tools. They help students learn, help small businesses keep up, and help your mom with her insurance forms. Everyone gets leveled up a little, the way spreadsheets and search did it. You aren't worried AI will turn on anyone or be turned against anyone. You do think the hype is a bit much, and that it will all settle into normal technology.

AGI is where you check out. Chasing superintelligence means the energy, the water, the jobs and the data centers, all for something that feels like a sci-fi distraction from tools that actually help. Make the current thing cheaper and better, and leave it there.

You are not a doomer, and you are not an accelerationist. You are the grateful, sensible adult in a room of people yelling about the end of the world, holding a coffee and a perfectly reasonable lesson plan.