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The Uncanny Mirror: AI, Self-Doubt, and the Limits of Reflection
AI, Self-Doubt, and the Limits of Reflection
Existing in the uneasy liminal space between roles, I found myself weighed by a rising tide of self-doubt—a challenging state familiar to many, yet particularly salient when considering the clarity and calibrated self-awareness essential for effective leadership. The interesting takeaways were the “reality checks” it provided: it exposed how my definition of “intelligence” was not only incorrectly narrow, it was shaped by a tendency to steeply discount affirmations while exaggerating detractions—an 80% off sale on praise, a luxury tariff on every critique. The only way to break past the standard conversational IQ ceiling—and test whether “rarefied” or “singular” intelligence can be heuristically surfaced at all—was to rigorously compare results across models and source materials.
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