Directions…

I was wondering the other day if my Android cell phone’s GPS works with artificial intelligence.  Turns out, it does: 

AI helps analyze vast data, identifies landmarks from images, and offers conversational guidance, making your journey more intuitive and efficient. 

                        AI 

AI talking about AI, hmm.  But I digress.

My curiosity was stimulated when leaving a parking lot after a recent book signing.  I was in an area I wasn’t familiar with so naturally, I turned to GPS (aka the machines).  It's directions started with only two words, “head south”.  Head south??!!  Like I have a compass handy.  It reminded me of this recent post on social media about how we humans give directions.  Did you see it?

I know we rely on the machines often.  Maybe too often.  And I know we’d like the machines to be fool proof.  Here’s the problem with that expectation: 

Naeser's Law: 

You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it damn-fool-proof. 

Unknown Sage 

If you think about it, how did Lewis and Clark navigate the wilderness in their time?  OK, they “drafted” help from Sacagawea.  But how did she navigate?  

Well, unlike us if one of them suggested they “head south” each of them would have likely known which way south was.  Just like today’s machines! 

GAP 

When life gets tough we could get a helmet… or… we could leverage the peace and share the power of a positive perspective.