A lot of beautiful distinctions between humans and AI , with clear potential for complementary ways of working together, George. Three nuggets that really landed:
"Change requires courage. And courage is multiplied in the presence of another courageous human.
"You possess the territory… the lived and embodied experience. AI only possesses the map. Anyone who’s ever been lost in the wilderness knows the difference between a guide who has walked the terrain and someone holding a map they found online."
"They need a model of wholeness — someone who integrates light and dark, success and failure, joy and grief. Not by lecturing about it, but by being it. By showing up as a full, complex, honest human who has navigated their own darkness and come through."
For me, they all highlight the difference between types of knowledge. Knowing ABOUT (abstract knowledge) vs knowing HOW (embodied, enacted, practiced knowing).
In exponential change, the adaptive shifts humans need to make require more than exposure to information. The necessitate relational engagement and practice -- repeated, embodied choosing. Hence your point (as I understand it) ... AI can give us a helicopter tour of the journey, but we will always need the guides with tacit knowledge of the footpaths to accompany us through the dark nights of the journey.
I'm already using AI extensively in my work, and my clients LOVE the results. I've had several tell me they don't get anything like what I give them as follow ups. I record all our calls, use TurboScribe to transcribe them, and a custom skill in Claude to give them detailed notes of what we discussed, things they are doing well, suggestions for improvement, and suggest resources from my library.
I appreciate this counterpoint to much of what I hear and even what I think about AI. It's causing me to reflect more deeply. That's always useful. Thanks, George.
Using (or not using) AI has become deeply political. I think people are going to return to more analog lifestyles because AI makes it difficult to discern truth from non-truth online. I’m already noticing this in my own life. I am deeply against AI for ethical reasons. I don’t agree that in the future people will expect AI to be part of coaching. I don’t actually think we can accurately predict the future here.
A lot of beautiful distinctions between humans and AI , with clear potential for complementary ways of working together, George. Three nuggets that really landed:
"Change requires courage. And courage is multiplied in the presence of another courageous human.
"You possess the territory… the lived and embodied experience. AI only possesses the map. Anyone who’s ever been lost in the wilderness knows the difference between a guide who has walked the terrain and someone holding a map they found online."
"They need a model of wholeness — someone who integrates light and dark, success and failure, joy and grief. Not by lecturing about it, but by being it. By showing up as a full, complex, honest human who has navigated their own darkness and come through."
For me, they all highlight the difference between types of knowledge. Knowing ABOUT (abstract knowledge) vs knowing HOW (embodied, enacted, practiced knowing).
In exponential change, the adaptive shifts humans need to make require more than exposure to information. The necessitate relational engagement and practice -- repeated, embodied choosing. Hence your point (as I understand it) ... AI can give us a helicopter tour of the journey, but we will always need the guides with tacit knowledge of the footpaths to accompany us through the dark nights of the journey.
Thank you for such a wonderful and thoughtful comment, Laureen! I appreciate that you highlighted what was particularly impactful 🙏🏼🧡
excellent analysis, George.
I'm already using AI extensively in my work, and my clients LOVE the results. I've had several tell me they don't get anything like what I give them as follow ups. I record all our calls, use TurboScribe to transcribe them, and a custom skill in Claude to give them detailed notes of what we discussed, things they are doing well, suggestions for improvement, and suggest resources from my library.
Awesome. Love that you are using ai to add more value to your work!
I appreciate this counterpoint to much of what I hear and even what I think about AI. It's causing me to reflect more deeply. That's always useful. Thanks, George.
Thanks for reading and your kind comment David!🙏🏼
Using (or not using) AI has become deeply political. I think people are going to return to more analog lifestyles because AI makes it difficult to discern truth from non-truth online. I’m already noticing this in my own life. I am deeply against AI for ethical reasons. I don’t agree that in the future people will expect AI to be part of coaching. I don’t actually think we can accurately predict the future here.
If you’d like, tell me a bit more about the ethical reasons you’re against AI? If it’s environment related, I recently wrote this article: https://georgekao.substack.com/p/ais-energy-use-what-soulpreneurs