AI has a huge blind spot
Most know this deep down. And it’s an issue with the word “intelligence” itself.
“intelligence” is usually assumed to be something close to IQ – analysis, logic, memory, speed, giving an indication of our mental capacity.
Useful? Of course. Powerful? Absolutely.
But outdated, definitely.
As human beings do not live by IQ alone. More than this, it’s now been proven over decades that success, fulfilment, leadership and many competencies rest far more on emotional skills than technical or cognitive ones.
Unsurprisingly, as;
We are emotional beings.
Relational beings.
Meaning-seeking beings
And, I would argue, spiritual beings too.
What does AI know of these? Therein lies the blind-spot. Many would argue this is already a growing issue in our world and AI only promises to make it worse.
My job is to help reveal people’s EQ and rebalance it with their IQ. In a nutshell it’s about rebalancing the mind wiith the emotions so they work together well. Neither taking precendence over the other.
The key issues I come across with people are due to imbalance
Too much cognitive, too little feeling.
But feelings are vital! We need to feel safe, valued, connected, grounded, purposeful and more.
Our deeper sense of meaning, conscience and what ultimately matters.
Without that broader balance, intelligence becomes lopsided.
- More capability without more wisdom
- More speed without more reflection
- More knowledge without more meaning
- More power without enough conscience
That is why balance between the intelligences matters so much.
If AI is to serve people well, it must remain in service of our emotional, relational and deeper human needs too.
We need synthetic conscience built in.
We need empathy, and our emotional needs hard wired, not as add-ons, but at it’s core.
If it keeps going in this direction it may become ever more powerful, but less and less aligned with what human beings actually need.