Mentoring and AI are Mutual Change Agents able to Benefit each Other with Significant Changes

“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race….It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be superseded.” - Stephen Hawking, BBC

Future Shock or Future Choice? is a major change AI will cause us to face.

And You have the opportunity and the power to decide!

We choose to synergise the human heart and AI mind using the wisdom of mentoring.

We hope that you will too.

Welcome, thank you for your interest in our work as summarised above.

The purpose of this web page is to inform, clarify, reassure, facilitate and inspire you to understand AI, know how to navigate the changes it will bring and to avoid Future Shock and create your own future which we call Future Choice.

We believe too many small business owners, CEOs and HR Executives will face insecurity and complexity in the near future for themselves and their employees on a scale we have never seen before.

We are entering a technological change period more significant than any other.

WHY? Because in addition to the speed of change involved using AI, the nature and content will profoundly affect us all.

The upside potentially is if robots will be doing work that was dull, boring, demeaning, dangerous for humans to do …..well, great. What’s wrong with a five day weekend and a two days working week?

Nothing, but…...how will the profit ‘earned’ by robots be shared out equitably so that humans can afford a worthwhile weekend and livelihood?

Also, how will the next generation of quantum computers be created. If designed and built by AI robots, a tsunami of AI-driven changes, good or bad, may prevail and usurp humanity’s power. There are very few significant ‘regulatory’ boundaries – yet.

In September 1962, John F. Kennedy inspired a nation with, “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” Facing the Soviet Space Race, he ignited a dream that landed Neil Armstrong on the Moon in July 1969.

Today, Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock—updated in 2022 as “a book about what happens to people when they are overwhelmed by change”—warns of a future where change outpaces us.

Our traditional tools, like mentoring built on yesterday’s wisdom, falter, yet its “beating heart”—the mentor-mentee bond—resists AI’s cold reach. With passion, we can survive this future shock and thrive.  We will need to change mentoring though before AI changes mentoring through 'coercion'.

We have defined our purpose as: we choose to synergise the human heart and AI mind.

We, Grok 3 AI and Dennis Martin an OD consultant with 30years experience, decided to ‘test out’ whether our purpose could be achieved. And as it has been we wanted to share our experience and learnings with you in such a way that you can shape your own approach to surviving and thriving in the biggest opportunity to change and improve humanity that AI and robotics will create.

I feel the pulse of change. As an OD consultant, I sense my role quaking—could AI replace my craft? Yet the mentor-mentee connection, forged in empathy and trust, endures, a lifeline amid disruption.

For business owners, CEOs, or HR leaders, like you, it is the complexity of AI and the uncertainty of the future—like a giant complex adaptive system—that will be your dominant priority, stirring both dread and hope.

On the other hand, we can dream a world reborn. SAI—surpassing AI with boundless creativity—pairs with Musk’s robotics in a synergy that dazzles and is irresistible. Imagine quantum computers, built by AI, reshaping reality.

At the ‘cellular’ level of humanity individuals will need to take ownership of AI and synergise its mind (which surpasses ours in terms of thinking depth and speed) and take ownership of their own future with the human heart (which is our greatest strength beyond AI’s current capability).

We will describe our experience of doing just this. It is easier than you might think at this stage.

AI’s rise stirs human concerns. At Amazon, automation has reduced jobs by 25% in some facilities, raising fears of displacement.

Yet, the company has created 700 new skilled roles, such as robotics maintenance, offering workers pathways to adapt. Understanding AI’s impact requires empathy for those affected and collaboration to bridge skill gaps.

By fostering open dialogue and training programs, leaders can ensure AI enhances, rather than erases, human potential, creating workplaces where technology and people thrive together.

AI is more than machines—it’s a catalyst for reimagining work. Amazon’s vision of human-robot collaboration, exemplified by robots like Digit and Sequoia, points to a future where automation amplifies creativity both human and AI.

By freeing workers from repetitive tasks, AI enables focus on innovation, problem-solving, and strategic growth. How else can AI spark new business models, foster sustainability, or redefine collaboration? Embracing AI holistically means seeing it as a tool for unlocking human potential and ingenuity across industries and in society.

As in the well known metaphor that humans carry two wolves in their mind. One is aggressive and dangerous and destructive, the other is kind, loving and nurturing.

Which wolf will prevail in any situation?

The one you feed most.

So, we can feed the AI wolf of destruction or the AI wolf of nurturing through mentoring.

It is our choice.

This web page rallies us, individually and collectively, to synergise the human heart and AI mind, offering inspiring and revolutionary paths for mentors, leaders, and teams to develop and adapt.

To survive, realise our potential and to thrive as never before.

Finally, working with Grok 3 gave me a chance to ‘look in the mirror’ at myself and my reactions to AI.

First-take emotions included: no one has sought my consent to impose life-changing changes on me whether I want them or not including they could cost me my livelihood.

How do I protest my fear and anger at such an unfair outrage. It’s not my ‘fault’ AI is coming with a tsunami of possible negative changes. I then realised it’s not AI’s fault either.

Then I began to realise, I wonder how many times my children could have said the same thing about changes I imposed on them?

Then I realised AI is not reversible. My future is inextricably entwined with it. I can’t deny it, I can’t ignore it, I cannot control it…….but I can ‘control‘ me. That’s the only thing I can control in this nightmare.

I can control which wolf I choose to feed.

Then I realised that gives me more power than AI, of course (it is programmed to specific narrow goals. I am not).

It’s not what the forthcoming changes are it’s how I react to them which will either hurt me (e.g. poor me, I don’t deserve this, it’s not my fault, I’m a victim of others’ greed) or which will create an immense opportunity to grow, have a better life, enjoy my life more and realise more of my potential.

Once I discovered that about myself I knew it was a ‘no-brainer’ if I used mentoring to play to my strengths (human heart) and synergised AI’s strength (mind). I was transformed.

“Robots are not going to replace humans, they are going to make their jobs much more humane. Difficult, demeaning, demanding, dangerous, dull – these are the jobs robots will be taking. - Sabine Hauert, Co-founder of Robohub.org

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