About who made this, and why
Wonder & Worry is one person's attempt to hold the hopes and the fears about AI in the same hand, with the evidence for each laid side by side.
Why I made this
I use AI in my work and in my art. I also see the anger and the fear around it, and how it has split people who make things into camps. That division has weighed on me.
I do not see AI as good or bad in itself. There are serious concerns... for our livelihoods, for the planet, for the artists whose work was used without asking, for where all of this is heading. There is also real good already growing. I wanted one place where the two could sit together.
So I gathered the evidence with AI's help and had every number checked against its source. Where the evidence is thin, the page says so. The site itself was built with AI, and How this was made names every tool and who did what.
I do not have this figured out. My hope is that if we keep people first, share what we make with love and kindness, and keep learning our craft, some of the fear can soften and we can find each other again.
Michael Hummel
Who is behind it
One person, Michael Hummel, with help from AI. There is no sponsor, no advertising and nothing for sale. The site is written for anyone who wants to think clearly about AI: people who make things, parents, teachers, professionals, and anyone who is curious.
What you will find here
- Nine areas of life that AI touches, each with a wonder and a worry and every figure sourced.
- Guidelines: my own, a shared ethic for art and music, and what thirteen fields ask of their own people.
- Field notes: first-hand reports, starting with a study of an AI "heartbeat".
- Latest: a dated record of what changes, with a feed.
Contact
Write to michael@humnyx.com. I read everything, though I cannot always answer quickly.
Corrections
Numbers age and mistakes happen. Every figure links to its source so you can check it yourself. If you find an error, or a figure that has gone out of date, please write to michael@humnyx.com with the page and the source. Corrections are made on the page and recorded on Latest, so the change is visible; the most recent are listed under five figures corrected.
Each page shows the date it was last reviewed at its foot.
Privacy
This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics or tracking scripts. The only things it stores are your choice of light and whether you paused motion, kept in your own browser. Search runs entirely in your browser: the page downloads a small index of the site and your words never leave your device. The fonts are served from this site, not from a third party.
How this was made
The site was built with a great deal of AI help, and every tool is named on How this was made, along with where those tools sit in the Shared Ethic's tiers and what they cost in energy.