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Last Updated on July 16, 2025

AI in Everyday Life – and Our Angelic Patience

Facebook recently suggested that I “Learn Angelic” (Angelish). No need to, I thought – my Latin should be good enough to communicate with the angels. Well, I think it should be – I’ve never actually met any angels. 

“It’s definitely an eye-catcher, and you see – you’ve memorized the ad!” Warren explains to me. Well, yes. But honestly – why would I want to improve my English with a company that places so little value on linguistic correctness?

I am no less astonished by the website of a former professor who regularly uses AI to create slides and graphics that praise a teaching method he has developed – unfortunately riddled with spelling errors. “These are the children’s shoes,” he explains when asked about this. Is this how pedagogy works today?

At the same time, there is hardly any substantive debate on Facebook because every discussion is stifled by a “learn your grammar first” mentality. Our children – who have often grown up with a cell phone in their hands – are awarded points at school not for their thoughts, but for their spelling. So it still exists – the demand for quality not only in content, but also in form.

AI: A Tool or an End in Itself?

So where is the journey going? AI can do a lot and is a revolution – comparable to the invention of the printing press. It is a resource that brings about democratization in many areas: creating infographics, writing texts, improving images. The days when only experts with the appropriate tools were able to do this are over. Today, every homework assignment is virtually print-ready in record time – or at least it could be.

But are we making good use of this opportunity? The trend is towards quantity rather than quality. The Internet is flooded with texts, images, memes and graphics that constantly reproduce themselves and are of inferior quality in many respects. Children’s shoes? Hardly. 

This way of thinking already reveals the mistake: namely, that AI needs to be improved until it delivers excellent results. The values and skills of the person at the keyboard thus becomes a negligible factor. AI is then no longer just a tool, but an end in itself. 

If I had delivered such work in my career as an editor, no one would have said “That’s just children’s shoes”, but would have simply thrown me out the door. It wouldn’t have saved me even if I had delivered the work particularly quickly. Why do we let the AI get away with it?

Better to Seize Opportunities than Miss Chances

AI is a real jack-of-all-trades. Among other things, it can improve speed and quality all the while expanding the range of possibilities:

  • A lawyer friend of mine has the AI create written pleadings. Instead of spending an hour writing, he only has to spend 15 minutes checking whether the judgments and paragraphs cited actually exist. A real time saver. The question remains as to who benefits from this time saving – the client? The free time? The wallet?
  • I have my texts checked by the AI when they are finished: Typos, wording, logical structure – there’s always something to improve. It’s not reflected in money or free time, but it certainly improves my reputation.
  • Warren loves having images or infographics created – this way he avoids hassle with copyrights and gets pretty much exactly what he wants. He benefits from the time saved and his readers benefit from clear and appealing content.

Screenshot: https://www.boredpanda.com/translation-fails/, aufgenommen am 10. Juli 2025

For me, AI is also a valuable guide for content. It acts as a red flag for me: texts clearly written by the AI, reproduced content and the typical spelling mistakes in graphics clearly show me: Hands off! I can’t find high-quality content here, and I can’t rely on the information!

Not because AI can’t make smart and excellent contributions, but because it can only be as good and thorough as the person using it.