Maslow's hammer (1966):
"it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."

Maslow's AI (2026):
"it is tempting, if the only tool you have is an AI, to treat everything as if it were a prompt."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument

#AI #MaslowsHammer #LawOfTheInstrument

Law of the instrument - Wikipedia

Wer als Werkzeug nur einen Hammer hat, sieht in jedem Problem einen Nagel. #lawofinstrument #Maslowshammer
Wer als Werkzeug nur einen Hammer hat, sieht in jedem Problem einen Nagel. #lawofinstrument #Maslowshammer
Wenn Du nur eine Gurkenhobel hast, ist nicht jedes Problem eine Gurke. Frei nach Maslow #maslow #MaslowsHammer #lawoftheinstruments

@publius
#MaslowsHammer mentions a nail rather than a thumb, but I guess for clumsy people like me, the thumb is just as accurate. 😅

A related #quote by #SilvanTomkins might also be apt here: "If one has a hammer one tends to look for nails, and if one has a computer with a storage capacity, but no feelings, one is more likely to concern oneself with remembering and with problem solving than with loving and hating."
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