I’ve been drinking the AI kool-aid…and I love it

I was overly pessimistic about AI for a while. I harped on the harms, ethical shortcomings, the ways this tech could be misused or cause real damage. I still hold those concerns. I assure you they haven’t disappeared. But I had a profound experience this week that shifted something fundamental in how I’m thinking about this. I deployed my first multi-agent swarm I had a vague product idea. No detailed spec, just a rough concept....

February 7, 2026 · 5 min · Thomas Emnetu