Homo Sapiens in the Loop

What do we expect to happen 500 years from now that could actually happen in 10? DIY gene editing, chips in the brain, and AI models that already do a big part of the job better than we do.
Sebastián says that in the equation, he's now the dumbest part. José, 20 years into writing software, still feels like he's talking to a junior.

In the first episode of Homo Sapiens in the Loop, Juan Sebastián Figueroa and José Nobile start with one question: what looks centuries away but is closer than it seems? José's answer is two "hacks": the biological one (CRISPR, and people editing genes at home) and the silicon one (brain-computer interfaces, implanted or worn as a headset).

Then come the uncomfortable questions. If something smarter than every human combined told you to take a shot that lets you remember every second of your life, would you? How do you tell what's real when any video can be faked? Who actually gains from slowing AI down, right as the big labs get ready to go public? Can AI turn on us without hating us, the way a highway crew wipes out an anthill just because that's where the road goes? And is pulling the plug enough?

They close on something closer to everyday work: whether AI already makes better technical calls than an experienced engineer, or still lacks business judgment (deadlines, budget, which client pays and which one doesn't), and how you get everything that lives only in people's heads into a model. That last one is for the next episode.

Recorded in Spanish in September 2026; this is the English-dubbed version.

Hosts
Juan Sebastián Figueroa · https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsfigueroam/
José Nobile · https://josenobile.co

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Spanish original: Humanos en el Loop (@humanosenelloop).

00:00 Intro: what happens in 10 years, not 500?
00:23 Biological hack
02:01 Playing God
03:41 Would you take the shot?
05:49 How to tell what's real?
07:31 A chip in the brain
08:37 Who gains from slowing down?
11:35 Can AI rebel?
13:04 What if we unplug it?
14:17 The silent attack
16:01 The dumbest in the equation
17:09 Talking to a junior
18:51 The art AI doesn't have
21:17 The missing context

https://media.humanosenelloop.com/en/ep01/