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A Whole New Human

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A Whole New Human

Ten Ways We Must Evolve to Survive in the AI Age

Atria Books,

15 min read
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Make yourself irreplaceable in the age of AI by connecting with your authentic self and working to protect human values.

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While many laud AI’s potential to perform an increasing number of everyday tasks, bestselling author Derek Rydall highlights the risks of handing too much decision-making power over to autonomous systems.Rydall urges you to reflect on what humanity stands to lose if it fails to protect human values, creativity, and intelligence. Learn how to adjust to the rising tide of AI technologies by discovering your authentic “Life Code”: tap into the unique strengths, experiences, and skills that make you irreplaceable, and use AI tools as a means of augmenting, not automating, your human capabilities.

Summary

Don’t surrender your agency to machines — leverage AI to boost metacognition and independent thought.

As AI systems become more complex, humans risk ceding too much of their agency to them. People are turning to these tools to perform an increasing array of everyday actions, from deciding what to buy to generating believable-sounding love letters for their human partners. But devaluing human forms of intelligence and surrendering your decision-making capacity to machines that lack the capacity to truly understand human experiences, such as parenthood and grief, is perilous. Reclaim the capacity to think and create for yourself and learn to use AI as a tool to aid your evolution — rather than surrendering your power to it.

Strengthen your capacity to think for yourself by practicing metacognition, the ability to observe, regulate, and redirect your thoughts from a place of self-awareness. This requires creating space in the day for mindful reflection, rather than living your life on autopilot. Think about the ways you’ve been letting external forces, from algorithms to your family or culture, colonize your mind and push you toward actions and world views that don’t ...

About the Author

Derek Rydall is the bestselling author of Emergency: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change and The Abundance Project: 40 Days to More Wealth, Health, Love, and Happiness. He’s trained top executives in empowered leadership and communications, and coached celebrities and media professionals, including Oscar and Emmy winners, on creating conscious entertainment.

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