For now, I’m taking small comfort in the fact that while AI might replace many jobs, it can’t replace the entrepreneurial spirit. At least not until it develops an ego and a penchant for risky financial decisions, anyway.
. Many new forms of work will grow simply because another type of work became more efficient and eventually is constrained somewhere else in the system.
The better AI gets at doing our work for us, the more we outsource our thinking to it. Thus, as we make machines more humanlike, they make us more machinelike. Perhaps we should be less worried about AI becoming conscious, than about humanity becoming unconscious.
We still need critical thinking. Ethical thinking. Systematic thinking. We still need to foster relationships. To build bridges. To coordinate. To orchestrate. These are human things. These are the skills that designers and developers need to cultivate and grow in order to continue to be viable in our AI age.
Not giving a fuck if you look cringe is a superpower for the great online game. Like Peter Parker getting bit by a spider, I had my superhero moment with the druggie days. And I’m glad it happened. But you don’t need to go down that path to realize this: internet embarrassment isn’t that bad. Stop living in fear of being called cringe. The fear is... See more
Every year, try doing something you have never done before that is totally out of your comfort zone. It could be running a marathon, attending a conference that interests you on an off-beat subject that will be populated by people very different from your usual circle of associates and friends, or traveling to an obscure destination alone. This
The writing mind is able to go deep because it keeps the focus constant. You can explore ideas with levels of logic and rigor that the thinking mind can’t achieve on its own.