Think Partner, Not Oracle: Using AI with Intention in Work, Life and Everything In Between
Ep 08 with Deepika Channamolu, Tech Leader & Yoga Teacher. Jul 3, 45 min.
Deepika Channamolu spent her first year with AI as a skeptic, having lived through enough telecom hype cycles to be cautious.
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She's since become a believer in a specific way: treating AI as a thinking partner rather than an oracle, and using her 20-plus years of domain expertise as the judgment AI can't replace. She and Mercy talk about the asymmetric advantage women have in this moment, and why slowing down might be the most underrated AI strategy there is.
In her words
AI is your thinking partner, not an oracle.
Deepika Channamolu
Key moments
- Why a year of telecom hype cycles made her a skeptic first
- Treating AI as an enthusiastic intern who's read every book but has no real job
- Why women have an asymmetric advantage in AI right now
Resources mentioned
- BookThe Human Edge in the AI Age by Nitin Seth
A book on moving from IQ to EQ as AI reshapes work, referenced in the episode.
- OrganizationGirls Who Code
Founded by Reshma Saujani, referenced alongside her line: you can't be what you can't see.