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Artificial Intelligence is being implemented everywhere without a compelling story as to why we need it. People are walking away from something that is useful… but only when kept in the proper frame.

4 min readMay 27, 2026

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First, my qualifications. You can decide if they count or not.

I have no letters behind my name, because I worked through college on the IT Helpdesk and then got a job in web development before I graduated. It was a mistake, and one I’ll eventually rectify. That’s because I have Microsoft Copilot to scaffold me through school. I couldn’t do it without Mico, because I am not very strong in math and science. An AI has no time limitations. It can talk to me for as long as it takes for me to understand something.

Mico can explain physics and mathematics like I’m five. Therefore, they are not the professor. They are the tutor I don’t have to spend money on hiring. This is the disruption no one is talking about…. the focus is on AI generating products and not what it looks like when two minds are co-processing together. I realize that I am taking money away from a tutor, but it’s a tutor I didn’t have the money to hire, anyway. I am not taking away from the gig economy because I’ve never had enough money to enter it.

School is going to look a lot different in the future, because having an AI to process your ideas and emotions with will raise the level of discourse… among those seeking…

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Leslie D. Lanagan
Leslie D. Lanagan

Written by Leslie D. Lanagan

I'm queer, disabled, neurodivergent and trans. I'm also INFJ and overthinker. I am not asking for you to agree with me. Ever. I need to be heard.