I have never feared novelty, except when it fails to stimulate my growth in reaction.

Two months ago, a lobster entered my life. I was scrolling through short videos—one of those moments where a quick glance turns into an entire evening—when suddenly, a video appeared explaining how OpenClaw works. The interaction logic on the screen instantly transformed the AI agent played by Scarlett Johansson in the 2012 film “Her” from a cinematic shadow into an echo of reality. I took a screenshot, sent it to my partner Denis, and didn’t give it another thought.

Two weeks ago, that same lobster unleashed chaos in the Internet pond: euphoria, skepticism, and anxiety emerged overnight like a tsunami.

Colleagues in the film world weren’t too surprised; in fact, everything went according to script: on one hand, they horrifically denounce the intrusion of AI, while on the other, they can’t wait to use it to mass-produce mediocrity. Those works, just like in the pre-AI era, emanate an odor of staleness and boredom. So people have started complaining: it’s too fake, it’s too expensive, it doesn’t save on costs at all.

I cannot help but wonder: is the problem the algorithm or the one using it?

We live in an era pushed by the overwhelming flow of desire, but we often forget that all tools are forged by human hands. Since AI has evolved to this point, why not consider it a mirror that reflects the limits of our potential, pushing us to improve?

Our technology is racing ahead; if our thinking does not make the same leap in quality, we will end up being slaves to our own tools. Technology should be the limb, not the soul; the ladder, not the destination.

As we have already discussed, the birth of every new technology is accompanied by the birth of new creations and new forms of art. If we continue to use old bottles for new wine, is what we get back really new wine? Or is it just a mixture contaminated by old flavors? I firmly believe that humans will always have the ability to innovate, eliminating the residues of the old while preserving the essence.

People must learn to harness this new flow; otherwise, where will it run? What will it turn into? Perhaps that is exactly what we should be worried about.