We Love AI

No, not really. This week two fitness professionals who are both pretty skeptical of AI sit down to actually think it through. We're asking the question: when (if ever) is AI a good idea, and when is it just making things worse?What exactly IS AI anyway? What are some likely good (or at least better) use cases: coding support and debugging for non-developers, reducing decision overwhelm when human support isn't accessible, grammar and clarity editing, and summarizing long-form content you already createdWhat we don't like: brainstorming as a crutch, high-stakes decisions in medical or legal or fitness contexts, and anything where a real human with real expertise and nuance is what the situation actually requiresAI-generated art, fake client transformations, and fully AI-run accounts are a credibility problem and we hate it. Your AI headshot is ugly. The environmental footprint is real and underreported: training a large language model produces hundreds of tons of CO2, and a single query uses roughly ten times the electricity of a standard Google searchThe answer to most things is it depends, and this is no different. Use it like a tool, not like a 'thinking partner.' Strong takes held loosely.