How can AI advance human performance?

I've worked with AI pioneers for over a decade, but it's the last few years that unlocked a greenfield opportunity to truly elevate human capabilities. Now, we all have a chance to think and to create on an entirely new level–to boost the natural power of our human brains by learning how to tap into the power of machine intelligence. 

This takes rethinking and adapting our approaches. The sophisticated models we have at our fingertips today are unlike anything we've experienced before. Early adopters will tell you AI is a wildly powerful technology–an imaginative, creative thought partner. That they can’t imagine life without it. Yet far more just don’t see how AI fits in their day to day lives.

I'm on a mission to bridge this gap.

My goal? Help people grasp this AI moment and what it means for our world. Show them how AI can help them tackle everyday challenges in their work and life. Give them accessible frameworks to help them more effective use of of AI. Ready to unlock your new superpower? Let's dive in and explore this AI opportunity together.

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Alison is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice, and the founder and CEO of Unblocked Future, a consultancy that drives adoption at the forefront of emerging tech. Her articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Venture Beat, and over 90,000 students have taken the course she created for LinkedIn. Working at the nexus of the enterprise and disruptive innovation at the birth of new technology markets over nearly 30 years, Alison's expertise lies in unlocking the value of disruptive technologies by focusing on the human side of change. She guides executives and business leaders through transformative change, leveraging her deep expertise in change management and human behavior.

Growing up among orchards that would one day be eclipsed by Silicon Valley startups, it was easy to get excited about how technology works. How circuitry could seemingly pull sound out of thin air when my brother and I built a radio. How I could extract data from a cassette for my first computer, the Timex Sinclair ZX81 I still treasure. Yet, it wasn’t until I understood how technology could amplify human potential that I truly fell in love with it. 

I became obsessed with how technology could make so much “impossible” humanly possible. I devoted myself to understanding how people — individuals, organizations, and society — could leverage emerging technology to advance our world (which is often a tough and complicated path).  

For decades, I've had the honor of working with the pioneers and builders who create at the edge of possible. I’ve been fortunate to be in the nexus of innovation and the enterprise at the birth of many categories that are now ubiquitous: from the web's infancy in my Stanford University dorm to the revolutionary shifts brought about by cloud computing, SaaS, mobile technology, the transition of blockchain from niche forums to mainstream. 

My work in artificial intelligence began in 2010, working with founders using AI to augment human capabilities in a range of fields. But these last two years have been exhilarating, as AI broke visibly into the mainstream, giving everyone easy access to extremely sophisticated AI they can touch, feel, and use in their day to day lives. 

-Alison McCauley