Mickey McManus on co-thinking, beautiful complexity, pro-social design, and evolutionary social science (HAI Ep51)

by shan | Jul 22, 2026 | Podcast

“No mind is an island, and I think it’s better to think of us as our minds escaped our body, or at least our body alone, a long time ago.” –Mickey McManus About Mickey McManus Mickey McManus is an Executive Coach and Senior Advisor at Boston...

Ramez Naam on cognitive prostheses, the infinite resource, AI and human rights, and mass empowerment of humanity (HAI Ep50)

by shan | Jul 15, 2026 | Podcast

“We’ve continually created technologies that extend our ability to remember, to communicate, and to think. Writing is probably the very first of these cognitive prostheses.” –Ramez Naam About Ramez Naam Ramez Naam is an author, investor, and speaker....

Hala Nelson on human machine coexistence, ontology first, AI driven digital twins, and bidirectional connections to reality (HAI Ep45)

by shan | Jun 3, 2026 | Podcast

“Our whole systems and institutions and processes and jobs were built around the fact that these three things were only human, and machines were there to help us accelerate, but not replace those functions.” –Hala Nelson About Hala Nelson Hala Nelson is...

David Vivancos on the end of knowledge, cognitive flourishing, resilient societies, and artificial democracy (HAI Ep42)

by shan | May 6, 2026 | Podcast

“Delegating knowledge is not the same as delegating wisdom. You learn by experience, and if you don’t have any experiences…you will get cognitive atrophy.” –David Vivancos About David Vivancos David Vivancos is an AI, data, and neuroscience...

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...