How do we keep the essence of critical thinking at the forefront to support "humans decide" when the assessments/proposals and actions are automated? Does how we have learned to learn and think critically in the past need to change? Can these models help us?
Your focus on the humanity of what is happening is important.
Thank you, dear Daniel, for sharing. Very insightful. I especially liked your point that the new generation of enterprises (and startups) will successfully orchestrate all three: AI + humans + automation. Future here we come!
AI didn’t take away the human touch, it gave us more time for it.There’s a quiet shift happening in how we spend our time and attention.
Generative AI has taken over the repetitive, the routine, the drafts we used to labor over the first pass, the structure, the scaffolding. And in doing that, it has handed something valuable back to us: time and headspace for the work only humans can do.
The work of noticing. Of sitting with a story before telling it. Of choosing a word because of how it feels, not just what it means. Of holding space for another person,really listening, really seeing them, in a coaching conversation or a healing session or a simple exchange between two people who care.
I’ve felt this in my own work. Whether it’s building out a brand rooted in memory and craft, or showing up fully present for someone in a coaching session, AI hasn’t replaced the heart of it, it’s cleared the runway for the heart of it. The emotional labor, the artistry, the deeply human moments of connection, those are more valuable now, not less.
Maybe that’s the real promise of this technology. Not that it thinks for us, but that it frees us to feel more, create more, and connect more — as only humans can.
How do we keep the essence of critical thinking at the forefront to support "humans decide" when the assessments/proposals and actions are automated? Does how we have learned to learn and think critically in the past need to change? Can these models help us?
Your focus on the humanity of what is happening is important.
Thank you, dear Daniel, for sharing. Very insightful. I especially liked your point that the new generation of enterprises (and startups) will successfully orchestrate all three: AI + humans + automation. Future here we come!
AI didn’t take away the human touch, it gave us more time for it.There’s a quiet shift happening in how we spend our time and attention.
Generative AI has taken over the repetitive, the routine, the drafts we used to labor over the first pass, the structure, the scaffolding. And in doing that, it has handed something valuable back to us: time and headspace for the work only humans can do.
The work of noticing. Of sitting with a story before telling it. Of choosing a word because of how it feels, not just what it means. Of holding space for another person,really listening, really seeing them, in a coaching conversation or a healing session or a simple exchange between two people who care.
I’ve felt this in my own work. Whether it’s building out a brand rooted in memory and craft, or showing up fully present for someone in a coaching session, AI hasn’t replaced the heart of it, it’s cleared the runway for the heart of it. The emotional labor, the artistry, the deeply human moments of connection, those are more valuable now, not less.
Maybe that’s the real promise of this technology. Not that it thinks for us, but that it frees us to feel more, create more, and connect more — as only humans can.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.