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FILE 1: THE AI THREAT LANDSCAPE
- AI deletes bias; humans depend on it.
- In cleaning error, we risk cleaning out instinct.
- When everything is “rational,” no-one moves first.
Over-sanitised thinking kills creativity.
FILE 2: THE SCIENCE EVIDENCE
- Heuristics & Biases: shortcuts = speed.
- Availability & Affect Heuristics: emotion drives decision.
- Social Proof: herding keeps humans safe.
DECLASSIFIED EVIDENCE FILE: How Your Brain Is Wired: An Owner’s Manual
“In System One (Thinking), we use lots of shortcuts to make quick, cognitively efficient decisions - what we might call gut reactions. If an instinctive feeling guides a decision, that’s definitely System One at work.” (p. 14)
“In lots of different contexts we don’t think in terms of statistics; we think of memorable examples (both desirable and not so desirable), and we overestimate the likelihood of these things happening to us…. To find more solid thinking ground, try to dismiss your instinctive response to an idea and ask yourself, “What’s the more likely outcome, based on probability?”
“In their paper, ‘The Unbearable Automaticity of Being,’ psychologists John Bargh and Tanya Chartrand write that when we do what others are doing, it does more than simply make us feel comfortably part of the group; it also ‘increases liking and creates a sense of smooth interactions.’” (p. 61)
FILE 3: THE HUMAN EDGE
- AI perfects logic. Humans invent shortcuts.
- Those “errors” are the sparks of creativity.
FILE 4: INTELLIGENCE AND SKILLSETS GAINED
- Shows you how to turn bias into strategy.
- Builds confidence in your gut judgement.
- Helps leaders decide faster when data is blurred.