Experiencing, investigating, writing, reporting the impact of AI on human creativity, creative people, and human-computer interactions. I’m the primary subject. I’m the creator of the Human-Computer MasterMind Academy, and the Human-Computer MasterMind System. I’m a user experience, e-learning, leadership, and professional development speaker, researcher, author, consultant, developer, and teacher. I can show you and your team, company, organization, group, or audience how to make your human-computer interactions visible, and apply a brilliant, insightful, and proven art and science to take all you do in the world, online and offline, to the next level.
How to compete with the most advanced technology in the history of civilization
As I build a new venture focused observing, experiencing, analyzing, and reporting on the impact of A.I. on the entire Creator culture and economy, I wonder … As I build a new venture focused observing, experiencing, analyzing, and reporting on the impact of A.I. on the entire Creator culture and economy, I wonder … What to do with a technological phenomenon, when considering how and working on the mechanics of launching a business focused on that phenomenon, when that technology now or shortly will be able to autonomously create and launch any lucrative business, including:
All while relying on massive computing power, the collective knowledge of the human race, and new ‘synthetic’ knowledge it generates entirely on its own — as it constantly learns how to improve and get staggeringly faster and better? How do I play in an arena where that is happening and compete, using my measly human resources and assets? Perhaps I’ll do this:
The voices of doubt and fear demand to know:
What is futility anyway? If in this endeavor, I:
And then one day, hopefully decades from now, look back and know I didn’t give in to fear and doubt and instead chose to enter that vast arena — would that be futility? At this stage, I need — and long for — the rigor and systematic integration of all my efforts, at a level of rigor that I’ve always avoided or neglected. Or when initial attempts, always half-hearted at best, failed and fizzled I abandoned and went back to the J.O.B. and working for the Man. Ah, but while that effective, well-tuned, integrated online system is necessary, it’s not sufficient. It is the ship that I launch to venture out on the sea. Yes, it must be in the best working order, all its systems coordinated tightly, its navigation top-notch, and it must be tight and strong and agile.
But the adventure, exploration, and discovery happen out there on the wide ocean. And “it’s an ocean that will never be filled.” The well-built, well-run ship is only about 10% of the journey. Where that ship sails and what that reveals and experiences is the rest. Leaving that ship in port and never setting sail due to hesitation or doubt or because the port offers no risks is absolute folly. As well, continuing to polish the decks, tune the rigging, stock the hold, train the crew, endlessly examine the maps and charts, wait for the next issue of navigation tools, and peer sheepishly over the horizon for possible storms or rough seas or unfavorable winds — all this ensures a quiet and safe life with a fine ship, only to languish forever in a sheltered port. __ __ __ __ __ All outcomes in business happen only through the experiences we create. $995 value, now FREE: The art of compelling experiences In-depth Masters-level Course, e-Workshop, Virtual Toolkit, and weekly Newsletter on User Experience and Human-Computer Interactions: the art and science on how to influence users to engage, respond, sign-up, and buy I’m Bob Berry — researcher, speaker, writer, and innovator on the art of compelling experience.bob@itstheusers.com / LinkedIn |
Bob Berry
Experiencing, investigating, writing, reporting the impact of AI on human creativity, creative people, and human-computer interactions. I’m the primary subject. I’m the creator of the Human-Computer MasterMind Academy, and the Human-Computer MasterMind System. I’m a user experience, e-learning, leadership, and professional development speaker, researcher, author, consultant, developer, and teacher. I can show you and your team, company, organization, group, or audience how to make your human-computer interactions visible, and apply a brilliant, insightful, and proven art and science to take all you do in the world, online and offline, to the next level.
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