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Intuition

As explained in The Art of AI Product Development

Intuition is the ability to reach a judgment or sense that something is wrong through experience-based impressions rather than explicit analytical reasoning.

Intuition is experience-based judgment: a quick decision or sense that something is wrong without explicit analytical reasoning. It is presented as a human strength alongside AI’s scalability and automation. section 3.3.2

Intuition helps people handle situations where context, nuance, or values matter:

  • A doctor may spot problematic areas in an X-ray through decades of experience. section 3.3.2
  • A product team may align new features with company strategy, mission, and vision by interpreting broader context. section 3.3.2
  • Human intuition complements common-sense reasoning, interpersonal skills, and moral or ethical judgment, areas where AI requires guidance. section 3.3.2

How The Art of AI Product Development covers it

How deep it goes
Defines intuition through practical examples but does not develop a formal method for measuring or reproducing it.
Examples
Uses an experienced doctor reading X-rays and product-feature decisions as examples of intuitive judgment.
What you can do after
Evaluate where human judgment remains valuable when AI handles scalable, repetitive, or continuously available services.
How it connects
Connects intuition with life experience, context, common-sense reasoning, social skills, and moral judgment.

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