W40 •A• The Age of Experience: Beyond the Digital Flatland ✨

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In this week’s episode of “The Deep Dig,” we explore Khayyam’s essay “The Age of Experience, Beyond the Digital Flatland.” The discussion delves into the relationship between artificial intelligence, business value creation, and our reliance on digital abstractions. Drawing on metaphors from literature, philosophy, and global business practices, we question how flattening our rich, multidimensional world into digital representations might be holding back both AI development and authentic value creation.

Category/Topics/Subjects:

• Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy
• Business Value Creation
• Digital Abstraction vs. Physical Experience
• Global Business Practices
• The Future of Intelligence

Best Quotes:

• “We’re kind of living in a digital flatland now, taking this incredibly rich, complex, messy world and trying to squash it into 2D representations.”
• “Real value, real intelligence—they demand engagement with the messy, rich, three-dimensional world.”
• “If real success, real understanding comes from getting off that digital prairie, what genuine, full-dimensional experience can you design for yourself this week?”

Three Major Areas of Critical Thinking:

1. Digital Flatland and Its Implications:

• Explore how our reliance on digital abstractions, like token sequences for AI and data rows in business, might limit genuine understanding and value creation.
• Discuss the metaphor of Flatland, a two-dimensional world, and its relevance to our current digital experiences.

2. The Role of Experience in Intelligence and Value Creation:

• Analyze the connection between learning from direct, messy experiences and the creation of genuine intelligence, drawing parallels between AI learning methods and business strategies.
• Consider examples like Sutton’s squirrel analogy and Pine and Gilmore’s experience economy to illustrate this point.

3. Global Perspectives and Practices:

• Examine how different cultures, particularly in East Asia, value hands-on, embodied learning through concepts like Ba and Kata.
• Discuss how these approaches influence AI development and business practices, emphasizing physical interaction and practical wisdom over digital simulations.

Join us as we challenge the digital norm and explore how stepping out of our digital comfort zone can lead to richer understanding and more authentic engagement with the world.

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