Steven Kotler
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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It works really, really well.
But it doesn't mean that the quality you're thinking matches the quality you're feeling.
I'm not saying wrong.
I agree with you.
I like it.
What I'm saying is, with that much, we have one bit of swag at my organization.
It's a t-shirt that says, never trust the dopamine.
And people make really bad decisions based upon that bunch of dopamine in your system.
The one that's interesting to me is I always say that you tend to hire one employee twice.
You hire them when they're normal and then when they're scared.
People are very, very different when they're fearful.
And I think the AI coaching, the AI psychology, all that stuff, I think the human, the coach in the room, the coach in the world is actually what's really interesting to me.
Because I'm interested to see, I do see like, you know, I've been...
Even the Defense Department's work using AI therapy.
I got to play with a lot of those therapists along the way, and they're remarkably good.
Most people are now using AI to coach their relationships, etc.
But your AI coach that's actually in your ear is really interesting, because humans aren't
We run on four knobs, right?
Valence, arousal, approach avoid.
That's pretty much humans.