Rees D.

Thoughts and Questions Around AI Adoption

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⚠️ 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!

This article is part of a Big Question.

I tend to be cautiously optimistic about AI, so I wanted to put together the kinds of things I'm curious about around AI, particularly adoption.

There are 436 words in this article, and it will probably take you less than 3 minutes to read it.

This article was published 2026-02-13 00:00:00 -0500, which makes this post and me old when I published it.

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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