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405: The Friction Paradox: Why AI Might Be Making Us Worse at What We Do

405: The Friction Paradox: Why AI Might Be Making Us Worse at What We Do

Update: 2025-07-25
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Today we’ll talk about how AI systems, particularly the ones that do all the work for us, can both massively amplify and hinder our effectiveness. The good get better, and the bad get worse. It's a problem.

This episode of The Bootstraped Founder is sponsored by Paddle.com

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405: The Friction Paradox: Why AI Might Be Making Us Worse at What We Do

405: The Friction Paradox: Why AI Might Be Making Us Worse at What We Do

Arvid Kahl