Relationship Wisdom in the Age of AI? Here is why it matters now more than ever.

The AI debate currently raging misses out on highlighting what AI cannot — in fact won’t be able to — do. And yet, what AI cannot do reveals our structural human advantage.

Here is a quote I find particularly spot-on and inspirational by the journalist David Brooks:
“The most important thing about A.I. may be that it shows us what it can’t do, and so reveals who we are and what we have to offer.”

AI won’t ever be able to set a broken arm.

Another edge we humans have over AI is our ability to connect deeply with each other.

My view is that AI will test our relationship skills. Those less equipped are vulnerable.

Here are a few risks I see from AI for those of us with less robust relationship skills:

  • Not being able to tell when you’re dealing with AI and inappropriately opening up.
  • Being impressed with how articulate AI sounds and mistakenly trusting it.
  • Letting AI reinforce your existing biases and unwittingly narrow your perspective.
  • Not keeping boundaries and gradually developing an unreciprocated attachment.

Do you also see those risks? While those are already present — human to human — I’m concerned they’ve risen with AI increasingly around. Changing social dynamics make Relationship Wisdom doubly important.

Humans have a structural advantage over AI in the form of first-hand experience.

I say: let’s make sure we leverage our life knowledge into superiority in areas like intuition, ethics and judgment:

  • Intuition to supplement analysis
  • Ethics to guarantee fairness and equality
  • Judgment to support decision-making

Honing your relationship skills with your fellow human beings will not just benefit you in the here and now — a better quality of social life, peace of mind, political savvy to navigate professional challenges — it will also equip you to interact astutely with AI.

Dare I say it? Relationship Wisdom affords us a competitive advantage over AI.

Let’s work that relationship muscle 💪

 

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