Matt WamplerCEO & Co-Founder, ClearCOGS · CEO & Co-Founder, ClearCOGS 🔪

Stop Throwing AI at Everything

18 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief commentary, the speaker frames artificial intelligence as a powerful utility—comparable to the internet—that should be used deliberately. He warns against the common habit of indiscriminately applying AI to any problem (“throwing it at everything”) and advocates for a nuanced, problem‑specific approach: first define the concrete goal, then select and apply AI tools that directly address that need.

It's a utility, just like the internet was, and it's an extraordinarily powerful utility, but you have to figure out what you're trying to do with it, not just doing it. And I think what a lot of people I see now, let's just throw this capability at everything and see what comes out the other side. And we're trying to take a more nuanced approach of like, let's be very specific about the problem we're trying to solve and then apply it.