About Outshining AI

Outshining AI isn’t about competing with the machine.

As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, one truth has become clear: We can’t compete with the AI machine, for its speed and memory have already surpassed ours. 

But those were never the highest measures of wisdom.

Only we can bring heart, meaning, and a sense of the sacred to this era of accelerating intelligence. 

Only we can act from that place machines cannot touch—that deep, inner presence some call conscience, others call soul.

To outshine AI is to act from the quiet strength of our true nature, which I would argue is divine as well as human.

Outshining AI explores how to live and work wisely in this age of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence.

We look at tools with clear eyes, dig into what helps and call out what doesn’t. The aim is to learn to use AI well without losing what makes us who we are.

What you’ll find

AI Illumined — Engaging features that beam in on the ever-expanding aspects of AI-assisted creativity and learning.

Chats with Chat — Dialogues that showcase the craft of asking poignant questions while conversing with Chat and other generative AI.

First Principles — Commentary on the ethics, values and virtues worth keeping in mind as we navigate the vast world of AI.

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Start with whatever draws you—then follow the links at the end of each piece into related posts. If you want updates, subscribe and you’ll get new articles as they land. So welcome to Outshining AI, where we’ll explore diverse AI topics while striving to remain rooted to the first principles noted above.

Patrick Rogers is the writer behind Outshining AI. His sons, Anthony and Raphael Rogers, assist with the project. Patrick also writes for Golden Age Now and is the author of The Secret Guardians books. He is an unabashedly optimistic fellow who believes we all have it in us to shine like the sun.

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