Despite—or maybe because—of my line of work, I have some genuinely mixed emotions about AI. Is it about empowerment, devaluation, theft, magic? Yes. It is all, as my wife would say of me, A Lot™.

Alongside whatever else it may be, however, the tech can be a genuine enabler of human expressivity. If you don’t believe me, just take 90 seconds to read & watch this heartfelt moment:

Last year, I went to Mexico City and taught AI tools to a small group of filmmakers and artists.

My favorite moment in was when I walked away from the group and came back to find this artist crying because she had finally been able to visualize a story she wanted to produce… pic.twitter.com/WCGnQPyk0B

— Minh Do (@minhsmind) May 30, 2026