by José Luis Mendoza Aubert

Today, I've been thinking about how we got here. Artificial intelligence—that thing that felt like sci-fi when I was a kid, watching Star Trek in awe—is now everywhere. It started with clunky machines that could barely do math, then came self-learning algorithms, and suddenly—boom!—we've got chatbots writing poetry and robots debating philosophy. In just a few decades, we went from slide rules to machines beating world chess champions to AI. What's next? Well, as usual, my overactive brain is running wild…

AI's Taking Over the Grunt Work (And That's Okay)

Here's the kicker: AI is already doing things we once thought were uniquely human. It diagnoses diseases better than some doctors, drafts legal briefs, paints, composes music, even answers emails for us. So, what's left for us? That's exactly the point. If machines handle the repetitive, mechanical tasks—then we, for the first time ever, might actually have free time. Lots of it. And that's where things get interesting (at least, according to my runaway imagination).

The Real Challenge: What Do We Do with All This Existential Free Time?

Imagine: humanity could finally stop living in survival mode. No more "work to live." AI can manage productivity, logistics, even basic creativity. So then, what? Do we just binge TikTok until we rot? Do we sit in the yard listening to ear-splitting mariachi until our brains bleed? Or do we finally use this space to do what we've never had time for—understand ourselves? Damn, now that's a real project.

The Inner Journey: The New Frontier

If AI runs the external world, our next step is exploring the internal one. Consciousness, intuition, spirituality—not in some dogmatic religious way, but in the sense of connecting with what we truly are. Picture this: instead of spending 40 hours a week glued to an office chair, we invest that time in:

Emotional healing—because trauma, misinterpretations, false truths, and sheer self-ignorance are the real pandemic holding us back from evolving.

Developing intuitive connections—with ourselves and others.

Understanding nature's silent language—animals, plants, even the energetic patterns and "dialogue" of the physical universe.

Yeah, it sounds mystical. But quantum physics already tells us everything's connected. Maybe AI will help us see it.

(My Dream) A Humanity Free of Toxic Baggage or Guilt

Think about it: most of our suffering comes from inherited emotions—fear, greed, hatred, insecurity. What if, in this new era, we learn to let go? What if we become a species that's more peaceful, loving, compassionate, wise, balanced—more natural, more awake?

AI might just be the push we need to leave behind the age of selfishness and step into an era of universal cooperation. Where we don't exploit the planet or each other—we flow with them. Where we don't destroy one another, but understand, tolerate, forgive... hell, even love—starting with ourselves.

The Next Evolutionary Leap

This isn't just some hippie fantasy of José Luis. It's a real possibility. If we use technology not to escape, but to dive deeper into that inner world so many dismiss—we could take a quantum leap as a species. To stop being humans ruled by fear, darkness, and ignorance… and become something more... something we were always meant to be.

So—are we ready? AI's handing us the opportunity. The question is: Will we take it?

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José Luis Mendoza Aubert: actor, director and theater technician; teacher and writer of Theater and Plastic Arts; founder and director of the Comedia del Universo theater company and school, operating in San Miguel for the last 20 years; musicologist and cinephile, judge of the En Corto Film Festival now GIFF for 8 years; Director of Art and Culture of the Public Library for 15 years; member of the board of directors of El Sindicato Centro Cultural Comunitario.

José Luis gives talks and workshops on environmental awareness in schools and communities. He is a founding member of the Allende la Cultura Collective. He plays Veracruz music and writes poetry and is a founding member of the band "Fusión Colonche 432"

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