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AI Will Make You Happier Than Ever Before (Here's How)

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Sara Landi Tortoli
January 04, 2024

✨ Hi, I’m Sara, host of the Polyweb podcast. On the show, we explore how we can find meaning in the Technology Era. Join conversations with global tech leaders and entrepreneurs, navigating the intersection of business, life, and technology.

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What if AI could make life better, freer, more creative?

I have covered the potential risks of AI in previous podcast episodes. However, it’s not all doom and gloom. In fact, according to my guest Alexander Manu, AI could make us all happier than we have ever been.

This conversation is a deep exploration of the relationship between technology and humanity, and in particular, how technology can enhance human creativity and the transformational impact it has on our lives.

🎯 Three Key Takeaways:

  1. Transformational Phase of Technology Adoption

    Technology's role is to fulfill human needs and enhance our lives. We should view AI and other emerging technologies optimistically for their potential to remove subhuman labor and allow more meaningful human activities.

  2. Role of AI in Enhancing Human Creativity

    Creativity is about giving meaning through intent and articulation, not just creating end manifestations. AI can help us imagine and create things beyond our current imagination if used properly.

  3. Distinction Between Labor and Work and Contemplative Living

    We will shift from menial, repetitive tasks (labor) to engaging in creative and meaningful activities (work), facilitated by technological advancements.

    Society values full employment over meaningful work. As jobs are displaced by technology, we need to reconsider metrics like employment rates and revolutionize the "game" of how we structure society. Contemplative living and human-AI collaboration represent future opportunities.

📚 Resources:

Alexander Manu - The Philosophy of Disruption: From Transition to Transformational Change https://amzn.to/3H3YJTy

Alexander Manu - Value Creation and the Internet of Things https://amzn.to/4aTUmIy

David Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature: https://amzn.to/47ltOwO

George Santayana - The Sense of Beauty https://amzn.to/4aETMhs

Hannah Arendt - The Human Condition https://amzn.to/41MmDMP

Eric Fromm - To Have or To Be? https://amzn.to/48jyZ1p

⏱️ Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:47 Understanding the 'End of the Beginning' in Technology

02:34 Technology's Role in Human Creativity and Convenience

06:18 Labor vs. Work: Focusing on Creative Endeavors

20:20 Generative AI's Impact on Creativity

26:32 The Concept of 'Contemplative Interval'

39:56 AI's Integration into Work and Society

About:

Alexander Manu is a strategic foresight practitioner, innovation advisor, international lecturer and author. He is a Senior Partner at Equilibrant, a boutique consultancy that provides strategic counsel and future based advisory to executive teams in Fortune 500 companies. He is a Professor at OCADU University in Toronto, and since 2007 on the faculty of the Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) at the Schulich School of Business.

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