“Zero Effort” AI is a Myth, and It’s Holding Us Back


Signal Over Noise #08 June 27th, 2025 This week's newsletter originally appeared as an opinion piece on Medium.com earlier this week. Dear Reader, Every "zero effort AI" promise is a lie, and believing it is making us worse at our jobs. Artificial intelligence is being sold as magic: a push-button solution that eliminates work and thinking. The market is flooded with tools promising "zero effort," as if effort were the enemy of progress. But this narrative isn't just misleading, it's...