AI-Proof

AI-enabled chatbots and AI companion apps are becoming a significant force in teens’ digital lives. Hundreds of these emotional AI platforms are designed to build instant intimacy—sometimes declaring love within minutes of a first conversation. For teenagers, this creates real risks, from emotional manipulation to blurred lines between human relationships and artificial intimacy. In this episode,...

Dr. Joseph Allen is an optometrist, educator, and creator of the Doctor Eye Health YouTube channel, which has more than one million subscribers. As an eye doctor, he is witnessing the emergence of potentially transformative AI technologies. However, as a content creator, he also has firsthand experience with the dark reality of AI-generated deepfake videos, having unwillingly appeared in hundreds...

Jeanine Wright is a self-described AI maximalist building a company that aims to transform the media industry through the use of artificial intelligence. She is co-founder and CEO of Inception Point AI, which describes itself as the world’s first all-AI talent agency and media company. They already create thousands of AI-hosted podcasts a week and are rapidly expanding into video and other forms o...

Purpose is powerful, and the search for purpose can play a critical role in our kids' development. But what does the search for purpose look like in the age of Artificial Intelligence? Heather Malin is the former director of research at the Center on Adolescence at Stanford University. Her research focused on how young people develop a sense of purpose and contribute to their communities and socie...

In a few weeks, we’re going to talk about the flood of new AI companion apps and the potential benefits and real dangers of kids having AI friends. But first, we want to hear from you. Do you think kids should have AI friends? If so, at what age? Do you have kids or students already using these apps? Have you ever interacted with an AI companion? Please drop a note or comment to us on any of our s...

We are going to explore a few dark AI-generated places and the potential dangers of AI over the next few weeks. But for this episode, we want to focus on the opportunities of AI by talking to Greg Perez, a creator using artificial intelligence in transformative and innovative ways as a leader, a designer, a musician, and as a dad. AI-Proof is a podcast for parents and educators about preparing our...

Welcome to AI-Proof, a podcast for parents and educators about preparing our kids for a future infused with Artificial Intelligence. In the coming months, we’ll talk to creators who are using AI in new and mind-bending ways, journalists raising the alarm about AI’s impact on our kids’ mental health, and experts who will remind us what AI is—and what it’s not. For our first episode of the season, w...

AI-Proof is a podcast and a movement. It’s an acknowledgement that artificial intelligence has arrived and is going to have a profound impact on humanity’s future, reshaping how we live, work, and even raise our children. AI-Proof is a resource for understanding and navigating a future alongside AI. This groundbreaking podcast and video series is designed to break down complex AI topics into diges...