The BIGGER “Illusion of Thinking” : AI will replace humans
Apple’s paper is just the tip of the iceberg…!
When a prominent technologist recently dismissed any human need in the future with a giggle on the famous morning show, it revealed a toxic pattern:
• Speed over wisdom
• Hype over humanity
• Short-term gains over value
Why “Replacement” is a Fantasy
AI isn’t bad. It’s being mis-sold
Gen AI excels at scale and speed but lacks “irreplaceable” human traits:
• ‘Multi-step’ reasoning
• ‘Logical’ thinking
• ‘Abstract logic’ dissection
Half cooked prompts, Unknown pattens and Gen AI starts giving disastrous results
10 Things Gen AI Will NEVER Do:
• Take real accountability
• Generate original insight without reinforcement learning
• Contextualize decisions
• Value wisdom over optimization
• True ethical judgment
• Navigate high-stakes ambiguity
• Understand cultural nuances
• Build trust through shared human experience
• Question its purpose – “Should we do this?”
• Practice empathy as moral choice
Why Augmentation is Non-Negotiable
AI’s profound strengths make it indispensable – ONLY when guided by human traits
Remember synthetic data is the new garbage created to test AI products and hence ‘Human+AI’ approach was always suggested by me
– “Your Data, your Processes and Top Class Design Principals” is the time tested value of human innovation and would continue
10 Things AI Does Exceptionally Well using REAL LIFE data and reinforced learning out of it :
Gen AI does reasonable ‘Pattern Reinforcement’ using continuous real life data (not synthetic data)
Examples:
• Analyze seconds on scientific data, global trends
• Detect anomalies in financial fraud, medical scans, or climate models
• Free humans from repetitive work
• Analyse legal clause variations
• Personalise products, marketing plans, individual learning paths
• Drug interactions, material science or engineering stress tests faster
• Suggest chord progressions, color palettes to spark human ideas
• Offer multilingual customer support, monitoring without fatigue
• Predict supply chain risks, epidemic spread, or market shifts
This isn’t replacement—it’s leveraging your talent, your data to give you something in minutes
The Human-AI Framework: AI learn from human and vice versa…
• AI scans 10,000 images → We diagnose with context
• AI drafts code → We debug logic
• AI generates concepts → We bring culture & emotions
The ‘Last-Mile Principle’: Humans owns the final call
For Leaders: ‘AI-first’ is NOT to replace human. Its ‘AI-in-service-of’
For Builders:
Design human centric solutions : AI-generated + human-verified
For Practitioners:
Upskill in judgment: AI can’t touch these
Showcase how AI amplifies scale but you bring irreplaceable value
The goal isn’t to stop AI or Gen AI
It’s to deploy it responsibly like the tool it is
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