The human-first AI&Automations Manifesto.
I need to be honest. When I started getting serious with AI and Automations, I treated AI like a speed-boost button: crank up output, slash costs, pat myself on the back. If a bot could replace a full team, great. One more win on the KPI board. I was bringing the future into the present by replacing all these boring repetitive tasks with AI agents. When I was presenting these projects, I was totally hype about all the cool enhancements these projects were bringing to the table. Human element was barely in then picture. Then someone wiser than me, came to me one day and said: -Didac, you are scaring people. They don’t really understand what you are doing and they only see this as a threat. It hit me and I also realised at thst moment why people was no helpful and they were reticent to collaborate with me to build these proemjects. It all made sense then. It was an eyes opening moment and it set a before and after for my AI Ethics view and future approach. Then, recently, a colleague looked me in the eye and asked, “Sure, we’re making things faster, more productive and we are saving on new hirings and recruitment fees…But what happens to the people we just made ‘extra’?” That simple question hit me like a punch. I went home, stared at my laptop, and pictured a future factory floor, lights humming, screens glowing, no voices, no laughter. Efficient, yes… but hollow and sad. Unfortunately that’s where we’re headed unless we draw a hard line right now. So before I wrote another line of automation code, I put together a nine-point code of conduct, a promise that every agent I build will lift humans up, not push them out. I’m calling it the Human-First AI Automation Manifesto. I’m sharing it publicly because promises kept in private are easy to break. Hold me to it. Hold each other to it. Let’s prove that tech can serve people, families, whole communities, and not the other way around. . 📣 Tag any builder, practitioner, PM, or exec who needs the reminder that spreadsheets don’t feel fear, but humans do.