From our friend, Human Connection Keynote Speaker Rob Lawless of Rob's 10K Friends, via LinkedIn:
Here are 5 reasons your investment in human connection should match your investment in AI:
1. Human connection is what gives AI its direction and meaning.
AI can answer questions, optimize workflows, and even replicate human behaviors, but it can't generate purpose the way humans can. If we’re not deeply connected to one another, we risk building tools optimized for efficiency over empathy and profit over people.
2. Isolation increases when automation rises.
As more work becomes remote and automated, there’s a real danger of loneliness and disconnection becoming the norm. Human connection buffers against mental health crises, employee disengagement, and a loss of belonging. (Think of food delivery vs. running into people in the grocery store)
3. Ethics and empathy come from connection, not code.
AI won’t stop to ask, “Is this good for society?” That’s our job. If we become too enamored with what AI can do and forget to ask what it should do, we may build systems that perpetuate bias, reinforce inequality, or dehumanize relationships. Connection keeps us anchored in our shared humanity.
4. The best innovations come from diverse, connected humans.
Breakthrough ideas come from the cross-pollination of different people sharing stories, perspectives, and experiences. AI can help us find patterns, but it’s in human connection that creativity thrives. Without it, we lose the serendipity that fuels innovation. (My whole journey is about fueling more of this serendipity)
5. Without connection, we forget why any of this matters.
What’s the point of faster machines, smarter algorithms, and infinite scalability if we’re more disconnected than ever? The danger is we build a world optimized for machines to thrive, not for humans to flourish.
At some point we're going to have to reflect on what it means to be human and why and how we should lean into that - better to figure it out sooner rather than later!
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