This morning, I came across an inspiring article from Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiร about Deep Human Skills – in connection or comparison with AI.
I was unsure what I should do with it. Just share it (which i do here: https://lnkd.in/eRsZpXfk), like it (which i did), or use it to highlight some insights based on my own perspective (for which i finally decided). So here we go:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐-๐๐-๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: during the last days, there was an amazing lineup of new tech announcements. Open AI announced GPT-4o, Google announced the next version of Gemeni, recently Apple announced a new IPad with M4 (AI-)silicon in it, and many more. We ARE already in a world where multimodal AI is present, natural language processing is solved (can’t be much better), and where GenAI produces any kind of multimedia in real-world-like quality. Therefore, ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ in their daily tasks and will – for sure – also replace some of these tasks completely.
So, what are skills that CANNOT be replaced or augmented by AI ( Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiร calls them Deep Human Skills): ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐, ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐, ๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐.
This is, what makes us different!
Once we all accept that AI is there, is not stoppable, will not vanish, and will be part of our lives, we must consider three things:
1) how can we augment our daily life with AI
2) how can we strengthen our deep human skills
3) how can we ensure that technology, mindset, and education is available for everyone?
From my perspective, THESE are the real challenges!
AI might write a bedtime story. AI might even read it or illustrate it. But it will be the parents cuddling their children while they fall asleep.
๐ฆ๐ผ…. ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป?
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P.S.: you might wonder, why i as a computer scientist write an article about human skills. Actually, the reason is, that i believe, that all this technical stuff is solvable. However, the human “stuff” worries me a lot…
P.P.S.: the image has been generated with Midjourney. Prompt: a funny animation of a small red robot cuddling a child into sleep and telling a bedtime story in the style of a pixar cartoon –ar 3:4
