What AI can't tell people about you

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A few weeks ago, I asked ChatGPT to tell me about someone I was due to meet later that week.

A few seconds later, I had a summary of their career, their company, interviews they'd given, podcasts they'd appeared on, and some of their professional successes.

Very helpful, but it also got me thinking — AI is great at finding relevant information. However, what it still struggles to understand is the person behind it.

It can tell people what you've done. But it still can't explain how you communicate, what you're like to work with, or why people trust you.

And I think that gap is becoming increasingly valuable. Here's why.

1. AI can summarise your experience — but it can't build your reputation.

Your qualifications, job titles and achievements are easier than ever to find, but reputation has always been built differently.

It's built through consistent actions, shared ideas and the way people experience working with you.

That's the part AI can't necessarily replicate.

A question: if someone worked with you for six months, what three words would you hope they used to describe you?

2. Your judgement is becoming more valuable than your knowledge

Knowledge is so accessible now that almost anyone can ask AI for a strategy, explanation or framework.

What people increasingly want is someone who can help them figure out what to do with that information. That's judgement.

It's built through experience, mistakes and pattern recognition—and it's one of the hardest things to automate.

Action: When sharing something that's happened, don't just describe it. Explain what you think it means and the ideas or insights you took from it.

3. The stories only you can tell are becoming an advantage

AI can definitely write a decent article.

But it can't tell the story of leaving medicine.

Or building a company.

Or navigating burnout.

Or the difficult conversations that changed how you lead.

Those experiences shape your perspective. And your perspective is becoming one of the few things that can't be commoditised.

Try this: Think about one experience that's fundamentally changed how you see your work, and consider sharing it on LinkedIn.

4. Trust is becoming the real differentiator

As AI produces more content, information becomes easier to create. Which means people need better ways to decide who to listen to.

And that's where trust comes in.

People don't choose someone because they know the most. They choose the person they resonate with, the one they believe understands them, communicates clearly, and shows up consistently over time.

Trust doesn't happen overnight; it compounds.

Action: Instead of asking, "How can I get more visibility?", ask, "How can I show people they can trust me?"

The takeaway

AI is changing how people discover information, but it hasn't changed how people choose people. They still look for judgement, credibility and ultimately trust.

And there are no shortcuts to those things. They're built over time, one interaction at a time.

Speak soon,

Dupé