AI use is rapidly spreading amongst businesses, industries, and most humans in the modern world. It is implemented into phones, applications, and workflow processes and there is seemingly no escape. Whether working with AI to include it in personal lives or in work contexts, one must ask themselves how it is applicable in workflows. One must also ask themselves to what extent of tasks is AI going to be involved in completing a goal. To better understand how to answer such questions, one must first understand the frameworks for problem solving in the human context. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and of the Church in Wales, seeks to understand the lenses through which humans talk in the modern age. Drawing on Rowan Williams’ argument that quality of life is shaped by the metaphors we use to discuss it, this essay argues that contemporary uses of AI often adopt a narrow problem-solution framework that prioritizes efficiency over human well-being, whereas AI guided by a people oriented framework can function as a tool for increasing accessibility and quality of work.

The release of the Epstein files has been a historically grand source of outrage. Almost everybody and their mothers are taking to the internet to be the next to call for mass arrests and justice. These calls seem to be mere screaming in the void. There is great outrage around a problem physically distant from most; and it seems to be perpetuating a sense of helplessness amongst those consuming media online. To seek understanding on what can be done or who to be in a time like now, one could take to the teachings of Adam Smith. Adam Smith, 18th century philosopher and economist, is referred to as the father of modern economics and perhaps more so appreciated for his writings on moral philosophy. Despite having been arrived to through reasoning and a primarily secular standpoint, Smith’s viewpoints parallel Catholic faith teachings that are urgent to employ in modern times.