When everyone has access to powerful AI, Bonnie Sezto believes the advantage may no longer be the tool—it may be the person using it.

California, USA, 16th October 2026, ZEX PR WIRE, Artificial intelligence can research, write, organize, analyze, and generate ideas faster than most people could have imagined only a few years ago. As those capabilities become increasingly accessible, Bonnie Sezto is interested in a different question: What becomes valuable when access to intelligence is no longer the advantage?

Sezto is not skeptical of AI. She uses it regularly and sees enormous value in having a tool that can help her research, organize ideas, explore questions, and think through problems faster.

What interests her more is what happens after the tool gives you an answer.

“I use AI all the time,” Sezto says. “But I don’t want it to think for me. I want it to help me think better. There’s a difference.”

The risk, in Sezto’s view, is not using AI too much. It is allowing convenience to gradually replace independent thought.

When a tool can instantly suggest what to say, how to say it, and even what to think about next, efficiency can come with a quieter tradeoff: people may begin outsourcing some of the judgment, curiosity, and individuality that make their perspective worth hearing in the first place.

“AI can make you more capable,” Sezto says. “But capability and individuality are not the same thing. If everyone has access to similar tools and information, what makes you different becomes even more important.”

For Sezto, the goal is not to resist AI. It is to use it as leverage without allowing the tool to replace the person using it.

When Everyone Has the Same Tools, the Tool Stops Being the Advantage

As powerful tools become widely available, access to technology alone becomes less of a differentiator.

Two people can use the same AI, access similar information, and walk into a conversation equally prepared. Yet they can still create completely different experiences.

The difference is often in what happens next.

A tool can help someone prepare. It cannot fully predict what will happen once another person enters the conversation.

Someone may hesitate before answering. Their tone may change. A joke may make them more comfortable. The question they ask may not even be the thing they are actually concerned about.

Those moments require something different from information: attention.

“You have to be able to read what is happening in front of you,” Sezto says. “Sometimes the most important part of a conversation is not what someone says directly. It’s what you notice, what you ask next, and whether you’re actually listening to the answer.”

For Sezto, that is where human judgment becomes difficult to replace. AI can help someone enter a conversation more prepared, but preparation and presence aren’t the same.

Information Is Not the Same as Understanding

Having more information about someone does not necessarily mean understanding them.

That distinction matters to Sezto. Technology can provide context, identify patterns, and surface details someone might otherwise miss. But information still has to be interpreted—and interpretation requires curiosity.

“You can know a lot about someone on paper and still completely misunderstand them,” Sezto says. “Curiosity is what makes you ask another question instead of assuming you already know the answer.”

For Sezto, curiosity is valuable precisely because it creates room to be wrong.

Asking another question may reveal that an assumption was incomplete, that someone sees the situation entirely differently, or that the obvious answer was never the most interesting one in the first place.

“I think curiosity requires being comfortable with the fact that you might not know,” Sezto says. “If you walk into every conversation believing you already understand the person or the answer, you’ve already limited what you can learn.”

AI can expand the amount of information available to someone. Sezto believes curiosity determines what they do with it.

When Efficiency Starts Erasing Individuality

One of AI’s greatest advantages is efficiency. Sezto believes that advantage can also become a weakness when people stop questioning whether the output actually represents them.

AI can help clarify an idea, organize a thought, or find language for something a person is struggling to express. But there is a difference between using a tool to sharpen your thinking and allowing it to replace your voice.

“The first answer AI gives you doesn’t have to be your answer,” Sezto says. “You can disagree with it. You can question it. You can say, ‘That doesn’t sound like me.’ I think that’s part of using it well.”

For Sezto, sounding polished is not necessarily the same as sounding authentic.

“I don’t think the goal is to sound perfect,” she says. “The goal is to communicate clearly while still sounding like yourself.”

Still, the ability to automate something does not necessarily mean it should be automated.

Sezto believes there is value in asking what efficiency is actually improving—and what may be lost in exchange. A faster interaction is not automatically better. A perfectly written response is not automatically more meaningful.

“There are things I want technology to make easier,” Sezto says. “But there are also things I don’t want to optimize the humanity out of.”

The challenge, in her view, is knowing the difference.

Not Everything Valuable Can Be Optimized

People may forget the exact words used in a conversation, but they often remember how the interaction made them feel.

Did someone actually listen? Did they feel comfortable enough to ask a question? Did the other person respond to what was being said, or were they simply waiting for their turn to speak?

Those details can seem small because they are difficult to measure. Sezto believes that does not make them insignificant.

“I think some of the most valuable parts of an interaction are the hardest ones to quantify,” Sezto says. “You can measure how fast something happened or whether a task was completed. It’s much harder to measure whether someone felt understood.”

That distinction matters even more in a world increasingly designed around speed, scale, and efficiency.

That is part of what Sezto believes technology should support rather than replace: the ability to be fully present with another person.

“Sometimes the best conversations are the ones that don’t feel optimized at all,” Sezto says. “It’s just two people talking, listening, and figuring something out together.”

As AI continues to evolve, Sezto believes the greatest challenge will not simply be learning how to use increasingly powerful technology, but knowing when to rely on our own judgment.

“The technology will keep getting better,” Sezto says. “That doesn’t mean we should stop developing the parts of ourselves that technology can’t replace.”

For Sezto, the future isn’t about choosing between technology and humanity. It’s about understanding how to use one to strengthen the other, without losing the individuality that makes each person valuable.

About Bonnie Sezto

Bonnie Sezto is a business professional with a background in sales, marketing, and luxury hospitality. Originally from Shanghai, China, she is based in California and holds a B.A. in Marketing from Saint Mary’s College of California.

Her professional experience has shaped her appreciation for relationship-building, adaptability, and understanding people from different backgrounds. With a natural curiosity about business and the people behind it, Sezto values meaningful conversations, new perspectives, and opportunities for continuous learning.

Her interests extend to entrepreneurship, real estate, wellness and longevity, and emerging technology. She believes that curiosity, independent thinking, and genuine human connection remain valuable in an ever-changing world.

The Shortage Everyone Talks About Is the Wrong One

Georgia, USA, 16th October 2026, ZEX PR WIRE, Every few months another report says manufacturing cannot find enough skilled workers. Edmund Dorsz has heard that line for most of his career, and he thinks it skips the actual problem.

“Companies will post for a CNC programmer with five years of experience,” he says, “but they won’t say who is supposed to teach that person the parts of the job that never show up in a manual.”

Dorsz has worked across CAD and CAM systems including Siemens NX, SolidWorks, Mastercam, and CATIA V5. He says the software is rarely the hard part. The hard part is judgment, the kind that comes from someone standing next to a new hire at a machine and explaining why a toolpath that looks fine on screen will chatter on the actual part.

What Gets Lost When Nobody Is Assigned to Teach

Dorsz says the mentorship that used to happen informally, a senior programmer walking a newer one through a setup, has gotten thinner as shops run leaner and schedules get tighter.

“Nobody decided to stop training people,” he says. “It just stopped being anyone’s job in particular, so it happens less.”

He points to a gap he sees often: new programmers who are strong in the software but have never had to explain a toolpath choice to someone running the machine. “You can model a part perfectly and still hand the floor something that’s a headache to cut,” he says. “That’s not a software problem. That’s an experience problem.”

Dorsz owned and ran Accelerated Precision Tooling Company in California before moving into his current role, so he has seen the gap from both sides, as an employer trying to staff a shop and as a programmer trying to get a part right the first time.

Why He Still Makes Time for It

Dorsz says he takes training requests from coworkers seriously, even when it slows down his own week. “If someone asks me to walk through why I set a part up a certain way, I’ll stop and do it,” he says. “It costs me twenty minutes. It can save them a scrapped part later.”

He is careful to draw a line between correcting someone’s work and dismissing it. “I had people do that to me early on, and it didn’t make me better, it just made me quiet,” he says. “I’d rather someone ask a question twice than guess once and be wrong.”

He also pushes back on the idea that patience is a soft skill that does not belong on a shop floor. “Precision work is unforgiving,” he says. “But that doesn’t mean the people doing it have to be. You can hold a tight tolerance and still be easy to work with.”

What He Tells Programmers Starting Out

Dorsz says the advice he gives newer programmers is less about which CAD/CAM system to learn and more about staying curious once they know one. “Get good at your first system, but don’t stop there,” he says. “The programmer who only knows one way to solve a problem runs out of options fast.”

He also tells them not to treat the screen as the whole job. “The part doesn’t live in the software,” he says. “It lives on the machine. Go stand next to it when you can.”

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About Edmund Dorsz

Edmund Dorsz is a CNC programmer and manufacturing engineer based in Newnan, Georgia. He has worked with Siemens NX, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Mastercam, and CATIA V5, and previously owned Accelerated Precision Tooling Company in California. He has been with Clayton International Inc. since January 2025.

Veterinarian Dr. Jennifer Creed discusses why everyday experiences with people, animals, and household activity matter when families research how a kitten was raised.

Illinois, USA, 16th October 2026, ZEX PR WIRE, Long before a kitten arrives in a new home, it has already spent weeks learning about the world around it. The people it encounters, the animals nearby, and the everyday activity around it all become part of those early experiences.

Dr. Jennifer Creed, a practicing small-animal veterinarian and founder of Midwest Ragdolls in Elburn, Illinois, believes prospective owners should consider that part of a kitten’s background alongside questions about veterinary care and health.

“My kittens are raised by my family and me and are used to being around kids and dogs,” Creed says. “That is simply part of their normal environment from early on.”

For Creed, the point is not that early socialization can guarantee how a cat will behave as an adult. Every kitten is an individual, and many factors can influence temperament. Instead, she encourages families to ask a broader question when researching a breeder: What has everyday life actually looked like for this kitten?

What Does Socialization Mean for a Young Kitten?

Socialization is sometimes treated as a formal training program. In practice, many important experiences can happen through ordinary daily life.

A young kitten may hear people moving through a home, meet different family members, experience routine handling, or notice other animals nearby. These experiences introduce the kitten to situations it may encounter again after joining a new family.

At Midwest Ragdolls, the family-run structure means this exposure is built into the environment in which the kittens are raised. Creed has no employees at the cattery. Her children help with the kittens, and dogs are also part of the environment.

“Veterinary care is important, but raising an animal involves more than what happens during an examination,” Creed says. “You are also looking at the environment that animal experiences during an important period of its early life.”

Why Early Experiences and Temperament Are Not the Same Thing

Creed cautions against assuming that only early socialization creates a predictable personality.

Genetics, individual temperament, later experiences, and the environment in a new home can all shape how a cat behaves.

Ragdoll kittens are bred for a specific temperament. They are friendly , outgoing cats but the environment they are raised in is very important.

That distinction matters for families researching breeders. Statements about kittens being raised around children or other animals can provide useful information about their background, but they should not be interpreted as promises about future behavior.

For Creed, the more practical question is whether kittens have opportunities to experience normal interaction before they leave.

“You cannot promise that every kitten will respond to every situation in exactly the same way,” Creed says. “They have individual personalities. What you can do is start with a very social breed and  think carefully about the experiences they have while they are in your care.”

What Should Families Ask About a Kitten’s Early Environment?

When prospective owners speak with a breeder, Creed recommends learning about daily life rather than focusing only on a list of veterinary procedures.

Families can ask where the kittens are raised, who regularly interacts with them, whether they have experience around children or other animals, and what normal activity they encounter. They can also ask how much direct interaction the breeder has with the kittens.

Those questions can provide a more complete picture of the weeks before a kitten joins its new family.

This is particularly relevant because bringing a kitten home represents another major environmental change. New people, unfamiliar rooms, different sounds, and possibly other pets can all arrive at once.

Creed says families should expect adjustment to take time rather than assuming that a well-socialized kitten will immediately feel comfortable in every situation.

Socialization Continues After a Kitten Comes Home

The breeder is responsible for only the beginning of a kitten’s experiences. Once a kitten leaves, its new family must continue that process.

Creed encourages owners to allow kittens to become familiar with a new home gradually. Introductions to unfamiliar people, pets, rooms, and routines do not have to happen all at once. Paying attention to how an individual kitten responds can help families decide when to move forward and when to give the animal more time.

The same principle applies to children and other pets. A kitten having previous experience around children or dogs does not mean every future interaction will automatically be comfortable. New introductions still require supervision, patience, and attention to the animals involved.

That continuing process is one reason Creed believes prospective owners should think about socialization as more than something a breeder completes before a kitten goes home.

“The early weeks matter, but they are only the beginning,” Creed says. “Families continue building on those experiences once the kitten becomes part of their home.”

For Midwest Ragdolls, that beginning takes place within the Creed family’s own environment. More than three decades after the cattery was founded in 1993, kittens are still raised with direct family involvement and regular exposure to children and dogs.

The approach reflects a simple idea: veterinary care provides important information about a kitten’s health, while everyday experiences form another part of its early development. Families researching a kitten can benefit from asking about both.

About Midwest Ragdolls

Midwest Ragdolls is a family-run Ragdoll cattery based in Elburn, Illinois. Founded in 1993 by practicing small-animal veterinarian Dr. Jennifer Creed, Midwest Ragdolls raises purebred Ragdoll kittens for families primarily throughout the Midwest and across the United States.