Meet Me In The Middle: Navigating AI And What It Means To Make Things
Aug 16, 2023
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The podcast explores the concept of 'Geometry For Staying Cool & Calm' in the age of AI, emphasizing the need to constantly create. It discusses how AI can boost productivity for less experienced workers and highlights the irrelevance of academic credentials in a networked world. The podcast touches on the accessibility and benefits of podcasting, the future of productivity with AI, and the resistance to change in the educational system. It also delves into challenges within education and the importance of networks and project-based work.
The first rule from the book 'Geometry for Staying Cool and Calm' emphasizes the limitless opportunities for individuals to create and make up new things in the digital network economy, encouraging them to take charge and create without seeking permission.
The MIT research paper on AI in call centers reveals that workers with less experience, equipped with AI tools, outperformed those with more experience, highlighting the shift from tenure-based productivity to the efficient use of AI tools.
Deep dives
Geometry for Staying Cool and Calm: Three Simple Rules
The podcast discusses the book 'Geometry for Staying Cool and Calm' which introduces three simple rules for living in the new digital network economy. The first rule highlights that everything is made up, emphasizing the limitless opportunities for individuals to create and make up new things. The second rule states that nobody is in charge, highlighting the shift from a system-based industrial economy to network-based digital economy. Individuals are encouraged to take charge and create new things without seeking permission or approval. The third rule focuses on the concept that life is not fair, emphasizing the need to embrace the reality that new creations and productivity may advantage some and disadvantage others in the ever-evolving digital network economy.
The Impact of AI on Productivity and Future Expectations
The podcast mentions a research paper from MIT that explores the impact of AI on productivity, specifically in the context of call centers. The study found that workers with less experience, but equipped with AI tools, outperformed those with more experience in resolving customer complaints. This highlights a shift away from traditional measures of productivity based on tenure. The discussion delves into how this finding may impact entrepreneurs and their teams, as productivity becomes less contingent on experience and more on efficient use of AI tools. It emphasizes the importance of embracing the mindset introduced in the book, where individuals focus on creating new projects, utilizing internal capabilities, and identifying ways to save time and increase focus.
The Changing Landscape of Education and Identifying Future Capabilities
The podcast explores the changing landscape of education in the digital network economy. It highlights the misalignment between the educational system and the demands of the digital age, where uniqueness, creativity, and practical value creation are highly valued. The discussion emphasizes that entrepreneurs should prioritize finding individuals with specific capabilities that can contribute to new projects and opportunities. It underscores the importance of discarding old beliefs and traditional measures of success, and instead, focusing on practical results and growth. The conversation concludes by stating that the world has always been changing, and success lies in recognizing and leveraging the existing capabilities to create new things in the evolving digital network hierarchy.
Gord Vickman and Dan Sullivan dive into the concept of "Geometry For Staying Cool & Calm" and its relevance in the emerging age of AI. Drawing on a recent MIT Sloan study on the impact of AI in the workplace, they explore how anyone can thrive when they focus on constantly creating new things.
In This Episode:
Dan and Gord share the concept of "Geometry For Staying Cool & Calm" as a mindset for living in the digital network economy.
An MIT Sloan research paper showed that AI can significantly boost productivity for less experienced workers.
Academic credentials are being left behind in a networked world where people only care if you create value for them.
The current educational system is stuck in an industrial economy that makes little sense to continue following.
Podcasting invites everyone to have their voices heard without needing permission.
Dan makes an important distinction between efficiency and effectiveness.
Productivity in the future won’t be contingent on tenure but rather on one’s ability to leverage AI and embrace the habit of always creating new things.