AI Is Getting Smarter. Humans Need These Skills ⚡

Plus . . . a peek inside famous inboxes

▶️ NEW VIDEO: The 6 Skills You Need to Survive AI

When AI can do everything, what exactly will humans be good for?

That’s the question of the moment — and I try to answer it in our new video.

I walk through six abilities that become more valuable — not less — in the age of AI:

• Asking better questions
• Developing good taste
• Iterating relentlessly
• Composing pieces into something meaningful
• Allocating human and machine talent
• Acting with integrity

The video builds on ideas I began exploring twenty years ago in A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. I’m still refining this framework, so I’d love to hear your reactions.

Watch by clicking the image below. ⬇️

PINK RECOMMENDS: The week’s top picks 📌

A few things this week that play with the boundary between human creativity and machine output:

📝 QUIZ: Who’s a better writer — AI or humans?

The New York Times has published an engaging 5-question quiz that offers two passages — one written by AI, the other by a person. You decide which you prefer.

📬 TRY: Peek inside anyone’s inbox

AI is spawning an array of new artistic experiments including Unread.ooo, a “fictional email experience.” Just plug in a famous literary character — Huckleberry Finn, Juliet, Heathcliff — and you can see that person’s inbox.

🔖 READ: Mark Twain’s classic reimagined

Yeah, AI is a big deal. But human creativity still has some tricks left. Case in point: James, the award-winning novel by Percival Everett that retells The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from enslaved Jim’s perspective. I’m late to the party, but it’s the best novel I’ve read in a long while.

🗳️ THE PINK POLL: Which skill will matter most over the next decade?

The results of our last Pink Poll capture the anxieties of the age of AI.