Will AI Improve or Destroy Our Capacity to Think? Ft. Mitch Joel w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy

Episode #7 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention.Listen to this thought-provoking conversation with Mitch Joel, an entrepreneur, author and podcast host, whose work sits at the intersection of technology, business, innovation and culture.We discuss:The difference between using AI as an answer engine versus a thinking partnerThe impact AI is having on human intelligenceHow AI can enhance creativity and diminish trustThe risks of AI companions, tutors, and therapistsHow technology is reshaping empathy, intimacy, and human connectionIf you're wondering how to stay ahead in a world of constant reinvention and why the future belongs to those who think with AI rather than simply ask it for answers—you won't want to miss this conversation.00:00 Preview00:53 Episode introduction02:57 About Mitch Joel05:51 Mitch’s backstory08:47 Revisiting the 5 predictions from Mitch’s book, CTRL, ALT, Delete: What he got right and what AI has changed12:19 The podcast conversations that completely changed Mitch’s perspective20:32 How AI is reshaping the workplace25:11 Why it’s important to know that ChatGPT isn’t intelligent; just predictive28:49 Does AI create art or mimic human creativity?32:17 Will AI make us smarter or create cognitive dependency?36:54 Should smartphones and AI be restricted in schools?40:26 What it means to anthropomorphize systems that don’t have inner lives44:51 What’s at stake when a machine knows you better than you know yourself?50:54 Childhood risk: What if AI chatbots replace their parents as confidants? 58:19 The regulation we never built: AI's unchecked rise01:02:23  Empathy in the age of AI01:05:07  Mitch Joel’s Purposeful Empathy storyCONNECT WITH MITCH✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchjoel/ ✩ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mitchjoel/✩ X https://x.com/mitchjoel?lang=en✩ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mitchjoelsixpixels/✩ Website https://www.mitchjoel.com/✩ Medium https://mitchjoel.medium.com/✩ Six Pixels https://www.sixpixels.com/✩ ThinkersOne https://thinkersone.com/CONNECT WITH ANITA✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.socialMITCH’S WORK✩ Six Pixels of Separation https://www.amazon.com/Six-Pixels-Separation-Connected-Everyone/dp/0446548235✩ CTRL, ALT, Delete https://www.amazon.com/Ctrl-Alt-Delete-Business-Depends/dp/1455523305 ✩ Bot-On-Bot Action is Not Hot https://www.sixpixels.com/articles/archives/bot-on-bot-action-is-not-hot/SHOW NOTES✩ Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World https://www.amazon.com/Anointed-Extraordinary-Effects-Social-Winner-Take-Most/dp/166800187X✩ Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success https://www.amazon.com/Give-Take-Helping-Others-Success/dp/0143124986Video edited by Jad Misri, Green Horizon Studio