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AI Predicts. Humans Imagine.
Prediction sees what’s probable. Imagination sees what’s possible.

FILE 1: THE AI THREAT LANDSCAPE

  • AI extends the past but can’t invent the future.
  • In chasing accuracy, organisations lose audacity.
  • Prediction keeps you safe. Imagination makes you significant.

Data can’t dream.

FILE 2: THE SCIENCE EVIDENCE

  • Default Mode Network: daydreaming creates insight.
  • Counterfactual Thinking: imagination improves learning.
  • Prospection: humans are future-simulators.

DECLASSIFIED EVIDENCE FILE - How Your Brain Is Wired: An Owner’s Manual

“…who knew that eating sweet things can actually make you sweeter?” (p. 24)

“Did you know that the less thoughtfully we consider things, the more likely we are to lean towards the political right?  Thinking with our gut makes us politically conservative.” (p. 33)

🔗 Extracts from How Your Brain Is Wired: An Owner’s Manual (Department B Press, 2025).

FILE 3: THE HUMAN EDGE OVER AI

  • AI forecasts; humans fantasise.
  • Innovation is irrational.

FILE 4: INTELLIGENCE AND SKILLSETS GAINED

  • Protect the time for imagination.
  • Builds “what if” cultures.
  • Turns curiosity into commercial advantage.
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AI projects. Humans propel.