Thoughts and Questions Around AI Adoption

Stub • 398 Words • Artificial Intelligence, 2026 • 02/13/2026

⚠️ This post contains a rougher cut of my thoughts on the topic and may be updated in the future. Please forgive any mistakes or lack of polish!

What drives AI adoption now? What about later?

• What phase of the innovation adoption cycle are we in?
  • The State of Generative AI Adoption in 2025
  • State of AI: Enterprise Adoption & Growth Trends
  • ChatGPT 100M users in 2 months
    • ChatGPT sets record for fastest-growing user base

What kinds of people like AI? how do they use it?

• The constructive, overreliant, and irresponsible use of artificial intelligence tools in academia: Personality correlates and implications for academic integrity
• Distinct predictors of positive attitudes toward artificial intelligence and general technology: big five traits, gender, and age
• Who Likes Artificial Intelligence? Personality Predictors of Attitudes toward Artificial Intelligence

Do people use AI because they want to or have to?

• Not everyone wants to use AI – but do we still have a choice?
• The Rise of Mandatory AI Usage in the Workplace: Implications and Insights
• The Rise of AI in the Workplace: New Stats + Pros & Cons to Consider
• Copper, copper, copper. How Americans feel about AI & dumbing down pop.
• I’m someone who was forced to install it but never used it — but then used it out of curiosity and have now cautiously adopted it

Are some cultures more ready for AI?

• Quick on their feed: What’s driving the ‘AI slop’ consumption surge in South Korea

Is AI adoption higher in software engineering?

• The State of AI in Software Engineering
• Why is AI so good at coding? There is a lot of simple tasks that are done over and over again
• AI adoption is probably less so in creative fields

AI creates artifacts. If your job is the soulless creation of artifacts then it makes sense for you to use AI!

• Marketing and advertisement does not care about the creative.
• You are at a disadvantage in cost and time if you do not use AI. Especially in more competitive environments.
  • AI does not empower people with poor ability/discernment, but can be a multiplier for someone who is reasonably to very competent.
• However if you have AI reading and sending your emails, it really is AI just talking to each other.
  • Makes you think that we should instead rethink the system lol

If AI truly is a ubiquitous tool, then making personas doesn’t really make sense as much

• That would be like trying to do persona mapping on people who use smartphones that just doesn’t make sense to me