The Danger of Outsourcing Your Thinking to AI | Ryan Hawk
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
They're outsourcing who they actually are and their thinking to something else. I want you to get better at thinking through these hard problems instead of outsourcing that thinking.
What is it that Ryan Hawk does that looks like cheating to me?
The way that I give and receive love is curiosity. This idea of going to bed a little bit wiser than you were when you woke up.
How does Ryan Hawk view the dangers of outsourcing thinking to AI?
I think it is a daily fistfight to suffocate excuses. Any excuse softens the character.
I mean, there is nothing more intoxicating as a leader than someone who's coachable.
Ryan, dude, I know you're a busy man. I am incredibly excited to have you on the show.
Why is curiosity considered a competitive advantage?
I was going to save this, but you brought it up, and I asked you the question. You answered it in the green room, and it's actually very hot on my brain, so I'm going to be incredibly selfish at the start of this podcast. You said one of the things that you're curious about is this idea of outsourcing your thinking, outsourcing your intelligence to AI and, you know... I want to dig into this topic. I think this is one of the topics of our day. And you're someone who talks to a lot of incredibly smart people, a lot of incredibly growth-driven, well-run organizations, leaders, I mean, leaders at the top of their game. So how are the people in your circle, the people that you're having conversations with every day, how are they starting to address this topic?
Because I have some opinions that I want to run past you, but I want you to kind of level set this for us.
Yeah, well, I think it's hard to know how everybody's using it, but I think what my concerns are from a leadership perspective, what I'm seeing are people outsourcing their thinking, their creative output to AI. I think it's important to understand how to best utilize the technology for you, not act like it doesn't exist or try to be the old timer who said back in my day, like none of that nonsense either.
What role do excuses play in leadership and character development?
But if you completely outsource your creative output to say, hey, can you write an email to my team for me? That's a big mistake. How about you have it be a research assistant for you or potentially edit some things for you, but to flat out outsource your thinking a lot of studies have come out recently about how your brain will literally atrophy it will be just like if you lift weights or stop lifting weights um how that could that could hurt you uh hurt your brain and so yeah i think it's important when i work with leaders i always try to uh we talk about their actual writing practice getting the messy thoughts out of your head onto the page and if you short change that process if you don't do it um
I think that you're hurting yourself long term. In the short term, yes, it can be helpful to get answers, to fire back something quickly. But also people, when you look at the ones who are most effective over the long term, we follow others because we authentically know them and are inspired by them and want to get in line behind them. And if they're outsourcing who they actually are and they're thinking to something else, That's you're less authentically you. And then I think you're going to have less of an opportunity for people to want to follow you and get in line.
How can being coachable enhance leadership effectiveness?
So anyway, I think it's very nuanced. I don't think it's a this or that or use it or not. Like most things in life, it's not binary. It's, hey, it's a little bit of gray. Let's figure out the best way to utilize technology without outsourcing our thinking. What do you think, though?
So I posted actually this morning, I was out for my walk. I go for a 40 pound ruck walk. I wear the vest, not the thing on your back. I just found that puts a little too much strain on my lower back, but I love the weighted walks.
What practices can help develop a mindset of curiosity?
And I, you know, I was just, I shouldn't do this, but I popped open my phone while I was walking. I was like halfway through my walk and my mind started to wander. I popped my phone and the very first thing I see on top is some marketing guru or influencer. To be honest with you, I didn't even recognize the person's name, even though I'm connected to them.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:20
2
How does Ryan Hawk view the dangers of outsourcing thinking to AI?
0:20–0:44
3
Why is curiosity considered a competitive advantage?
0:44–2:06
4
What role do excuses play in leadership and character development?
2:06–3:25
5
How can being coachable enhance leadership effectiveness?
3:25–3:53
6
What practices can help develop a mindset of curiosity?
3:53–4:44
7
How can feedback influence personal and professional growth?
4:44–6:08
8
What are the implications of ego in accepting feedback?
6:08–57:47
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