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Will AI help us with EQ?

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...