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"You will never see the intelligence if you never try to use the tools!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

I've long believed that you can't talk about something if you don't do that something.

I certainly can't talk about climbing Mt. Everest because I never have. My good friend Scott Kress has, and so he talks about building an effective team to accomplish such a goal. He's pretty good at it.

Which brings me to skiing and AI.

One thing I've learned by becoming a skier at the age of 40 is that you can learn a lot from people on the chair ride open - most people are friendly and eager to talk. Conversations during the minutes on the ride up can cover anything and everything, from family to career, politics to sports - and of course, snow conditions.

I've found that I can learn a lot - particularly from younger generations - about important trends and personal motivations. Many years ago, I found that they don't talk about what they do for a living - they talk about what they like to do., I worked that into other observations I was seeing at the time, and turned it into a full workforce trend.

For some reason, I ended up spending some time on the 'ride up' with several young adults who had carved out a career in IT, and our conversations turned to AI. Among the many observations I learned was this key one - most are very cognizant that artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the very nature of software coding, and while they aren't concerned about losing their jobs to an AI, they sure as heck are spending time learning how to use it to their advantage.

In other words, they are thinking that if they are busy writing computer code, they might as well use AI as an ally to help them do so, to be more efficient, master more complex tasks, and further enhance their skills. In that vein, they are learning how to find the intelligence in the AI by actively using the tools.

That's a wildly important concept that everyone should follow.

With this idea firmly planted in my mind, in addition to skiing writing a book, and doing various holiday things over. the break, I've also spent a lot of time working with AI coding tools to find its intelligence. And, it's, wow ...

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**#AI** **#Learning** **#Innovation** **#Technology** **#Growth** **#Intelligence** **#Tools** **#Exploration** **#Progress** **#Skills**

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