Why I'm Not Worried About AI

𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬: 70% of jobs are vanishing due to AI.
Here’s why I'm not worried:

AI does not 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞.
AI computes, analyses and expresses.
In that way it's like the intellectual part of the brain.
It can only produce based on the information it has.

On the other hand, 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞.
But the problem is that we don't cultivate this capacity.
𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 ourselves.

You can't perceive and express at the same time.
To perceive you need stillness and a quiet mind.

You take the world in as it is.
Without prejudice, comparison or commentary.
Just seeing things how they are.

But, instead of cultivating perception, we're too busy expressing.
Then we find that AI is learning faster than we can and what we can express and produce becomes less and less relevant.

If you want to overcome this hurdle and learn how to be valuable and safe in an age of AI, you need to:
- Learn to be still, cultivate a quiet mind
- Learn to listen from stillness, so you can perceive
- Express yourself with insight, cutting through the noise

As the Greek philosopher Epictetus said:
“𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬.”

In the end, AI will always be AI, and humans will always be human.
That’s your advantage.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡.
After 10 years of studying, experimenting and meditating, I'm ready to share what I've learned about cultivating this capacity through my Self Leadership programme, Scaling From the Inside-Out.