It's told that EQ is important for business success. Any C-SUITE professional will be good in EQ. To connect with others, bringing them together, influencing them and getting amazing things done is what EQ is all about. Our current system give high value to IQ. Solving complex technical problems requires high degree of IQ. But isn't AI here to replace IQ? AI is really good at rational thinking. Rational thinking has done us a whole lot of awesome things. Bridges, airplanes, missiles, internet etc. are all possible because of IQ. Raw rational power is a boon on which our world depends on. With the rise of AI we will surely take that to an unprecedented level like never seen before. While the technology is accelerating with IQ, I wonder if it'll help human EQ to grow. Unlike IQ, EQ can be developed. When the smartest person in the room is a computer with no emotions, IQ suddenly becomes pointless. Comparing with gym analogy, it's good that you can take weight, but yo...
The truth is that I know nothing about Artificial Intelligence, at least technically. My coding skills go as high as designing webpages with HTML and CSS. But that doesn't stop me from learning about this technology. AI has been around for some time, about 30 years. But humanity has made real progress in the last 3 years than in 3 decades. When I try to pinpoint what is it that really AI does, it's effective decision making. Decision making is an integral part of life. If you're good at it, you win this life. Decision making is everything. But our decisions can be clouded by emotions. Biases can cause us to take bad decisions. Harmful emotions can cause us to make decisions we regret. If we are to have a shot at successful life, we need to get good at taking decisions. AI excels in that. Not only because they don't have emotions, but because they learn at an incredible pace. With big data, superfluous computer power, they can take effective decisions that humans can...