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Think you’re pretty smart?

Really?

Computers can process information and “think” through complex problems so much more quickly and more accurately than we can that we look positively dumb in comparison.

That’s why everybody’s so het up on artificial intelligence.  It allows us to do things it would take us humans forever to accomplish if we could accomplish them at all.

But are we really talking about actual intelligence when it comes to AI?

Not really.

Sure, AI is great at applying deductive logic to problems.  You all know the syllogism … “Socrates is a human.  All humans are mortal.  Therefore, Socrates is mortal.”  AI has that down in spades.

It’s also great at applying inductive logic.  All the swans that have ever been witnessed are white, therefore all swans are white.  Give an AI program enough examples and it’ll instantaneously determine if an inference is correct.

Those abilities are certainly part of what we would think of as intelligence.

But it’s all formulaic.  There’s something missing.

And that something is what makes us humans truly intelligent where AI programs are not.

Call it intuition or gut feel … the ability to come to a valid conclusion or opinion about something without hard evidence.  That’s something no AI program can ever reproduce.

It’s our superpower.

Can our intuition or gut feeling lead us astray?  Of course.  By its very nature it’s not objective in nature.

But how many times have you just “known” something with no actual basis for knowing it?  I’m guessing plenty.

It happens with me all the time.  Here’s a quirky example.

When I, as a coach, have something I know the client needs to hear and I’m not sure if I should say it, because it’s a tough message, my throat will close up and cause me to cough.  That tells me, via some mysterious process … some mysterious channel … that I need to just say it.  And it always turns out to be the right thing to do.

Often people start crying, because I’ve touched that nerve that needed to be touched.  I had no clear evidence this was the right move.  It’s just a gut feeling that I’ve learned to trust.

So, why do I tell you all this?

So you’ll listen to what your intuition … your gut … is telling you.  So you’ll honor what makes you more powerful than any simulated intelligence.

So you’ll exercise that magical ability that helps you make good decisions … helps you stay safe and pointed in the right direction.

So you’ll leverage what makes you uniquely human.

One more time.  Think you’re smart?

Yeah.

Smarter than you’ll ever know.

Love,

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Meet Denise: Denise Hedges is a Business Development Coach and Speaker Coach for small business owners who want to be more comfortable, confident, and successful with their sales and marketing efforts. She specializes in helping them use speaking as a way to dramatically improve their results

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