15/12/2025
This is a much shared quote from Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) the Austrian-British philosopher. He was widely considered one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.
His quote takes on new meaning in this age of AI.
AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini have absorbed more language than any human ever could. Millions of voices, ideas, vocabularies, ways of explaining things.
But AI is *only* language. There is no body. No gut feeling. No wordless hunch that comes before the breakthrough or ah ha moment.
A baby understands gravity before they can say the word. Einstein pictured himself riding a beam of light before he had the math to prove it.
That’s the human advantage. The feeling you can’t quite explain. The insight that shows up before you have words for it. Something invisible, something unmeasurable.
AI gives you more ways to say things. But its up to us to bring the thing worth saying.
That’s not a limitation. That’s a partnership. A new partnership.
