Lesson 11 · Original 2024 edition
Upgrading the Person
Original book · printed p. 31 onward ↗About this edition
The teaching below preserves the original book’s wording, with page footers and layout whitespace removed. The AI practice and reflection are new adaptations.
The character descriptions in the original are prompts for self-study, not fixed categories of people. The new practice focuses on skills you can develop without judging yourself.
Historical and scientific claims in the source have not yet undergone a complete evidence review.
Source teaching · Alex Julian, 2024
The original lesson
Like we discussed in the previous lesson, who uses a tool is often more important than the tool itself. Who is using the tool of AI? In other words, who are you? Nothing is ever 100% guaranteed, but let’s imagine what kind of person would be good with the tool of AI. What would this person be like? What character traits would this person have?
First and foremost, this person would be focused. This person would have vision — being able to see a big picture view, as well as what is true and what is false. Other things that come to mind are adaptable, determined, disciplined, innovative, intelligent, logical, and judicious. There are undoubtedly others, but this is mainly to get you brainstorming.
You can also do the inverse, which is a powerful exercise. What kind of person would not be good, or bad, with AI? This person would be distracted, easily stressed, highly biased, highly emotional, lazy, and closed-minded. This is who we don’t want to be. It is beneficial to be aware of these attributes so we can spot them before they become a problem.
Figure out what kind of person would be the best at working with AI, then start becoming more like that person. Further, make sure you are aware of what will prevent you from getting the most out of AI, and delete those programs. The more skilled an artist is, the more the artist gets out of a paintbrush and canvas. The same goes for AI. The more skilled the person is, the more the person gets out of AI.
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New contemporary AI application
Try it in your next AI session.
Choose one quality you want to practice today—attention, adaptability, patience, or discernment. Turn it into one observable action during a real AI task, such as checking a source or revising your approach.
Reflect afterward
Which action helped you become the kind of practitioner you want to be?
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