AI and Curiosity
During version 1 of CEORater back in 2017 I often wrote about how intellectual curiosity was the most important attribute for a CEO to have, especially for Technology company CEOs given the fluid nature of the Technology industry.
It is difficult for me to imagine a scenario where an AI agent exercises intellectual curiosity, especially when considering how that type of thought exercise does not often have a goal attached.
Humans will always have an edge when it comes to curiosity. AI agents will not problem solve unless they are asked to do so by users. Agents will not ponder a subject unless the pondering is tied to a larger mission, whereas humans will exercise curiosity without having a goal in mind. Curiosity is not tied to the amount of compute or to an inference process, it is its own means and its own end. To be curious is to be human. AI can’t mimic that.