Robot Street Smarts vs Book Smarts

I went to art school. I'm terrible at standardized tests. I'm damn certain I'm not dumb. I'm smart in ways those tests just don't measure. Street smarts versus book smarts. The kid who aced every exam but couldn't hold a conversation.

The difference is EQ. Emotional intelligence. Knowing when to push and when to shut up. You know — reading a room…

EQ matters just as much as IQ. Think about the best people you've ever worked with. It wasn't the highest GPA. It was the person with proper timing and touch. Every few weeks there's a new headline. A robot just crushed the bar exam. Another one aced the SATs. New benchmarks drop and everyone celebrates.

…Cool…

You're great at taking tests. No shit. You were designed to be great at taking tests. But that's all IQ. Every benchmark, every leaderboard — book smarts. At some point you need to ask: what about everyone else? Are you even aware?

You know what is a fun thought? The first robot drug dealer. We'll learn quite a bit from that.

Shout out to Gabby: The robots are cinderblocks!