The mission that seemed impossible
You know what is so cool about AI? Some of us have already had a mission, feel they were already successful in that mission, but now we are getting a bit older, and we are hesitant to take on that next mission that it all lead to, because it seems so overwhelming, and we are already tired, although that next bigger mission may be what everything else until now led to. But how do we start something even bigger now, when getting here already took all we got? So we are skirting around the issue and do more on things we already know, just on a bigger scale. And what we are doing may indeed be useful. We may indeed get applause for it from those around us, and EVERYBODY around us, those people we've been hanging with, who made us successful - even if pleasing them took certain compromises - are PLEASED with us. They agree that our mission so far looked really good. But the next thing would not. It wouldn't look good to our peers. It is very necessary, for all, not just us, them as well, but in the short term, it would be...inconvenient for them. And us. Certain realities would need to be faced. Now, there may be ways that can ease the pain, bridges into the future that have already been built, ways to sell it, but still - to the late adopter and laggards among them who still support our current mission, it would seem like a betrayal, and while we may be able to envision getting the early adopters onboard - and some may already be there - just convincing some of the late adopter may seem like a gargantuan task. And the laggardd - they could be seriously dangerous! They could destroy everything we built so far! And who would we be without our reputation, our brand??! Sure, Walter Disney dreamed of Disneyland all his life, made it happen, but never got to see it, so there is value in starting things, but if you never get to see it, why take that pain? Well, with AI, no you may have a chance to see it. Those who know me may guess where this is going, but bear with me - it goes both ways. I mean myself, too.