Do these two things to counter AI news fatigue

Lately, I’ve started feeling a kind of fatigue from the continual stream of AI-related posts on social media. Nearly everywhere I look, there is another take on where AI is going or what it means. A few are valuable, but much of it feels like noise.

The tricky part is that most of us want to stay informed on AI, because it’s obviously a game-changer. But it feels like many of the hot takes on social media add little to our understanding.

What I am interested in, is learning how to incorporate this technology into my work in a practical way. Personally, I rarely find reading about “the future of AI” as useful as experimenting with LLMs, building a tool, or testing new workflows.

To keep the noise at bay, I try to remind myself of two things:

1. Your ideas are shaped by the ideas you consume.

2. You can control the ideas you consume, even on social media.

Of course, algorithms still drive much of what appears in our feeds. We cannot fully control them, but we can influence them. Each time we click “Not interested” or mute a noisy topic, we help shape and curate our feeds.

So I have (once again) started pruning my feeds, and clicking “Not interested” when I see less useful AI takes bubbling up. It is worth treating this as an ongoing habit. By curating what you consume, you create more space for practical ideas, learning, and experimentation.