Vlad MoskovskiCEO | Executive Coach & OD Consultant, VM Consulting · Helping senior technical leaders who are succeeding at the wrong job and don’t know how to change | Ex-Accenture | 15+ years guiding Fortune 500 execs

These AI Tools Are Really Powerful, Keep Humans in the Loop

16 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker emphasizes the immense power of modern AI tools and the responsibility that comes with their use. Drawing a parallel to alcohol advertising’s “use responsibly” messages, they argue that users should stay mindful of how AI can subtly take over tasks—like a hand drifting off the steering wheel—and watch for similar patterns in friends. The core recommendation is to keep a human in the loop, recognizing potential side effects such as late‑night overworking. When the urge to code at 4 a.m. strikes, the speaker suggests stepping away from the screen, “touching grass,” to reap AI’s positive benefits without burnout.

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These tools are really powerful. There are safe and unsafe ways to use them. I think something I think about a lot lately is what are the things we know about social media now, like 15, 20 years after it was created, that we would want to teach a younger generation about? And what I think about is part of that responsibility in using it, it's like you see on alcohol commercials, like use responsibly, drink responsibly. Yeah, keep it, keep mindful when you're starting to notice that like your hand is kind of coming off the wheel. With the AI. And notice if you've got a friend that's doing that too, just because these are really powerful tools. They can get a lot accomplished, but the human in the loop piece is the most important part. So yeah, I would say keep the human in the loop and be aware of, you know, the side effects of using AI. If you're up at 4 in the morning just coding one last thing, might be a time to get that positive side of AI, which is having time away from the computer, touching grass.