In the coming human-AI symbiotic society, what kind of relationship will humans have with AI?
We hear some predictions about AI obtaining intelligence far surpassing that of humans and becoming a godlike entity – something suggestive of George Orwell’s 1984. But having grown up in a society with countless deities, I beg to differ. I see AI diversifying into various forms with different characteristics, permeating every corner of society. But just as we humans have built different relationships in each of the communities to which we belong, I expect that humans will form relationships with distinct AIs as if they were good neighbors. 
For instance, when we need help doing calculations or with learning that only involves knowledge, we will need AI that quickly provides accurate answers. On the other hand, when we want to talk about hobbies, we might want the type of AI that acts as a “master” that can enrich our experience by sharing its vast knowledge and lore. For discussing matters with no clear answers, we might seek a human-like AI with empathy that will listen to us. In various settings, humans and AI may thus stand on the same ground  as good neighbors, and we might choose an AI based on its characteristics.

In such a human-AI symbiotic society, what do we humans need in order to avoid being overtaken by different types of AIs and to thrive vibrantly? In my opinion, the answer is intuition (or sense), which can be cultivated only through lived experience – something that AI, as an intangible, would never be able to acquire.
The basic principle of AI with its one-size-fits-all approach is to derive the most likely solution to a problem from language data available primarily online based on probability theory. On the other hand, human cognitive ability is obtained holistically, using a massive amount of lived experience not available online, as well as non-verbal information through the five senses. While the former can be compared to the tip of an iceberg, the latter would be equivalent to the massive portion of the iceberg underneath the water.
The problems that people face in the real world often may appear, at first glance, to have precedents. But in reality, various factors are intertwined in a complex web, and often times they involve hidden, individual elements to which precedents do not apply. 
Just as Leo Tolstoy wrote in his novel Anna Karenina, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” it is relatively easy to identify common factors in successes, but failures result from widely diverse elements. Unless one is able to distinguish these and respond properly, it is difficult to achieve success.
In other words, when it comes to handling problems in the real world, it is essential that we use AI for utilizing past knowledge to become more efficient, while at the same time identifying the individual nature of the situation and responding appropriately, which cannot be handled by AI alone. What is needed to do that is the intuition that humans have developed through lived experience, and such intuition will be a driving force behind human success even in the era of human-AI symbiosis.

That said, with the rapid advancements in physical AI recently, AI is starting to have a point of contact with the physical world. The emergence of the VLA (vision-language-action) model evokes the Cambrian explosion, which brought on a surge in biodiversity on Earth, and it raises expectations for the creation of various kinds of robots, including humanoid robots. It is possible that AI may evolve to have a power of intuition which exceeds that of humans and the ability to implement such power in the physical world.
It is exciting to imagine, when that happens, how our human-AI symbiotic society will evolve. But for now, I will strive to hone my intuition through physical work with my own hands, so as not to let AI – which will continue to evolve – beat me.