Leaders of AI

E12: AI, Ego Death, and the End of Reality? | Sam Rad | Leaders of AI


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Join Julia McCoy and Dave Shapiro in Episode 12 of Leaders of AI as they sit down with radical futurist and anthropologist Sam Rad, author of Radical Next. Dive into a mind-bending conversation about AI’s existential impact on humanity, societal collapse, and the rebirth of systems.

💥Key topics discussed:

  • Societal paradigm shifts: Death and rebirth cycles of global systems (economy, governance, identity).
  • AI’s existential questions: “What does it mean to be human in a post-reality world?”
  • Perception manipulation: How tech (VR, algorithms, urban design) warps reality today.
  • Decentralized futures: Blockchains, DAOs, and the collapse of nation-states.
  • Art vs. AI: Why creativity is humanity’s last stand against bland AI-generated content.
  • Quantum computing: The coming “post-quantum” chaos and cognitive security threats.
  • Team Human: Balancing techno-optimism with radical reconnection to humanity.
  • Order Sam’s groundbreaking book Radical Next and learn why the stakes have never been higher. 

     

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