What is AI?
Artificial intelligence is, in simple terms, an attempt to recreate a brain using technology.
Over time, this attempt has evolved.
And today we’ve reached something that, in some cases, thinks better than a human being and, in others, thinks much worse.
But here, the most important thing is not the technical definition.
It is how you should view AI.
Artificial intelligence is not a person.
AI does not have feelings that build an opinion.
But it can think and formulate an opinion.
In a different way, but it thinks.
And this completely changes how you should use this technology.
Whenever you need to decide if a task is suitable for AI, think about whether it’s a task that involves thinking, interpretation, or creation.
The same way you would think when delegating something to a person.
AI doesn’t find something beautiful.
But it can recognize patterns of what is considered beautiful, if you show it.
In many ways, a good way to think about AI is as a super intern.
It can be very good at some things.
And very immature at others.
Use AI as a resource that thinks.
Don’t use AI as a rigid machine.
Whenever you’re in doubt, ask yourself a simple question:
Would I solve this task better with a person or with a traditional computer?
If it’s a task you would solve with a person, it’s very likely to be a good task for AI.
Artificial intelligence is not a traditional computer.
But it’s also not a human being.
It is somewhere in between.
In terms of thinking, it’s much more similar to a human being than to a rigid system.
But in terms of emotions, consciousness, and intention, it is a machine.
Understanding this is what will allow you to use AI correctly and, especially, manage AI correctly.
To truly extract value from this technology.
And I’m serious.
Later in this book, I’ll show you that:
In tests managing teams made 100% of artificial intelligence, managers who work with people had better results in their management than programmers accustomed to working with computers.