Fresh off their latest event (literally - they walked in the door and hit record), Megan and Nicole cozy up for a late-night debrief on futures thinking in the age of AI. From why our brains are wired for dystopia to what we’d actually do with a two-day work week, they unpack what it means to imagine better futures, and why it’s so dang hard.

Along the way:


🧠 Why clarity of direction > certainty


🔮 Why imagining 2035 made them sweat


💼 Why "human in the loop" might not be the final answer


🧃 Why Megan should never be in charge of snacks


🕴️ Plus, that one time they presented to a room full of diplomats and Megan said “brogrammer”

Also featuring: coveralls redemption, shoutouts to the volunteer dream team, and a maybe-real-maybe-not promise of AI Portland merch.

Related links:

• Aimee's slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A1Ns6WGutINzeshtDhu1BjRbKDvfF4lA/view?usp=sharing
• Christian Hammer's article on self-fulfilling doom (https://christianhammer.io/self-fulfilling-doom/)
• What do you do with Brogrammer (https://medium.com/@megnotarte/what-do-you-do-with-brogrammer-df67752f48ec)

Hosts: Nicole Mors, Megan Notarte

Editor: Marjorie Dela Cruz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorie-dela-cruz-3471231b9/)