Rolling Over For The Robots
Dan Sullivan and Gord Vickman discuss the importance of partnership between AI and humans—finding a balance between technology and the human touch. Dan also shares his insights about where ideas come from and the differences between creativity, wisdom, and intelligence.
In This Episode:
- Dan and Gord share the importance of AI-human partnership, addressing concerns of AI replacing human creativity.
- Where does Dan get his ideas? Through conversations with ambitious people and those who faced setbacks, as well as by thinking about his thinking.
- Intelligence manifests in Unique Ability®, like Larry Bird's situational quickness and unpredictability in basketball.
- Human creativity links unrelated concepts, while AI focuses on patterns and predictability.
- What’s the difference between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom?
- Journalism's decline linked to AI's inability to replicate the classic journalist’s three Ws: waiting, wondering, and wandering.
- News reporter Barbara Frum interviewing the Shah of Iran's consort, tapping into the listeners’ reactions in a way that AI never could.
- Dan sees AI as just another tool, not a replacement for human thinking, and emphasizes maintaining agency and partnership with technology.
Resources:
Barbara Frum, from the CBC archives
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
