Eric Siu won't put AI in his LinkedIn headline because he sees it as a trend people chase without thinking. He compares it to DEI and work-from-home hype, and argues that 99% of people just copy what's popular instead of deciding for themselves what actually matters.
AI is a trend. I love talking about it. Don't get me wrong, but you don't see me like I don't even think I have AI in my description or my title in my LinkedIn. Definitely, I never had like anything around work from home or DEI, right? The only reason I'm saying this right now, like if you truly believe in that stuff, great. But what I noticed during 2020 is like more and more people started adding DEI because it was the trend, the trend du jour. Work from home is the trend du jour. Now, AI is clearly trending right now. People know they can get jobs from it. Of course, they're going to take advantage of that, right? But What I would just say to this is it's more beneficial for you to think for yourself because the vast majority of people, 99% of people won't think for themselves, right?
