My Thoughts On AI & AI Coding

I grew up with a severe learning disability/processing disorder. While I know how to code alright, the uphill battle that came with that education was grueling.

When people ask me to describe my learning disability I tell them

"Where most peoples' brains work like an eight lane highway, my brain functions like it has only one lane."

This makes things like instruction following, keeping track of things, etc. very difficult.
While I learned to work around it as an adult, it's still something that makes life more work for me than most.

The Intelligence Explosion

I was one of the first 100,000 people to try ChatGPT, and right away I knew it would change the world. I didn't know if it would be for better or for worse but I knew it would be something monumental.

Fast forward to 2026, and it's a part of my work and personal life in a way I never thought possible. Tasks that used to be more grueling for me than most, I can now condense into bite sized digestible information that's easy for me to comprehend.

The Art Machine

Creating software, big and small became far more feasible, and with AI I discovered a passion for creating human-instructed & fine-tuned software. I've always had the eye of an artist, even at a young age. My great-uncle was Jimmy Carter's photographer, and his father was FDR's, Truman's and Kennedy's. I believe because of those people, illustrating, writing and photography have always come naturally to me.

And despite being right-brained the same time I've always loved computers. In 2004, at a young age, I used to get up at 5:00 AM before school, sneak over to the family computer and log on to RuneScape which is where I learned to type.

Being able to describe exactly what I want, in plain English to a computer, and have it spit it out almost exactly how I want it with the ability to fine tune it to my preferences, has been one of the most liberating technological moments of my life.

Let me be clear, I don't believe AI generated imagery and videos should be considered art.

I still create pixel art, draw, and photograph my work by hand, but when it comes to code, I find it miraculous being naturally able to converse with a machine, and it being able to understand exactly what I want in the only ways my broken brain knows how to convey it.

I know this stance may be considered controversial, as AI is a controversial tool. But for someone like me, it's a super power, that's helped me overcome a lifelong handicap.

I'm not sure if it'll come across as an excuse or me attempting to justify the use of controversial technologies, but I just wanted to share how it's helped someone like me do more of the things I've loved for almost 30 years, far more effectively.

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