Michael Gebert on designing freedom, human self-determination, cognitive sovereignty, and systems of agency (HAI Ep40)

by shan | Apr 22, 2026 | Podcast

“Freedom no longer exists outside the systems, and it depends on the design. Coming back to the design, it’s about understanding that we need to distinguish between intelligent systems and agency.” –Dr Michael Gebert About Dr Michael Gebert Dr...

Marshall Kirkpatrick on cognitive levers, combinatorial possibilities, symphonic thinking, and compound learning (HAI Ep39)

by shan | Apr 8, 2026 | Podcast

“The technology we’re working with today really makes a lot of those best practices and mental models and the whole toolkit more accessible than ever to more people.” –Marshall Kirkpatrick About Marshall Kirkpatrick Marshall Kirkpatrick is founder of...

Nina Begus on artificial humanities, AI archetypes, limiting and productive metaphors, and human extension (HAI Ep38)

by shan | Apr 1, 2026 | Podcast

“Fiction has this unprecedented power in tech spaces. The more I started talking to engineers about their technical problems, the more I realized there’s so much more that humanities could offer.” –Nina Begus About Nina Begus Nina Begus is a...

Henrik von Scheel on making people smarter, wealthier and healthier, biophysical data, resilient learning, and human evolution (HAI Ep37)

by shan | Mar 25, 2026 | Podcast

“The center of any change that we’re doing in the fourth industrial revolution is always the human being, because humans have an ability to adopt, adapt to skills, and adjust to an environment.” –Henrik von Scheel About Henrik von Scheel Henrik von...

Joanna Michalska on AI governance, decision architectures, accountability pathways, and neuroscience in organizational transformation (HAI Ep36)

by shan | Mar 18, 2026 | Podcast

“Determining accountability, the ability to intervene, the time to intervention, the time to stop, pause, change, alter—there are so many different layers that need to be thought through.” –Joanna Michalska About Dr Joanna Michalska Dr Joanna Michalska is...