Dr. David Eagleman
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But otherwise, I think it's just a matter of, hey, these are the newest things.
It's like in history when the new sword gets invented or the new gun or the new cannon.
You know, you have to keep improving and using that.
And that's what's going on now with AI.
Just asking questions.
Here's one thing I do all the time.
I'll say, hey, I've been thinking about this.
You know, on my podcast, I do a lot of monologues.
And so I'll start talking to it and I'll say, hey, I've got this idea that I'm thinking about.
What if blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
And then I'll say, here's my idea.
Give me pros and cons.
Tell me why this is wrong.
And I do that pretty much with everything that I ask it if I'm proposing some stupid seed of an idea.
And it really gives me the counterarguments, and I really engage with it.
That is the important part, I think.
And by the way, I just want to say, I think for the next generation that we're teaching, this –
There are really only two things we can teach because all the details of, you know, hey, let's teach computer programming or something, that's probably already gone as a useful thing.
So what we can teach is critical thinking and creativity.
Yes, although, you know, Chachi Petit released a very sycophantic version, I don't know, maybe a year ago, meaning it compliments you.