Purposeful Empathy with Anita Nowak

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Ying Xu, Assistant Professor of AI in Learning and Education at Harvard University, whose groundbreaking research explores how artificial intelligence is shaping children's social development and relationships. We discuss: How children of different ages are...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this eye-opening conversation with Marcus Mihalakis, author of Working for Tech Giants , whose firsthand experience as a contract worker for some of the world's biggest AI companies exposes worker exploitation in the digital economy. We discuss: How tech giants use algorithmic management, performance metr...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this fascinating conversation with Victoria Hetherington, author of The Friend Machine , whose work explores the increasingly intimate relationships people are forming with AI companions and chatbots. We discuss: Why people are forming emotional and romantic attachments to AI—and why these relationships a...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this fascinating conversation with Dr. Alex Mari, co-founder of the AI Empathy Lab, whose research explores how AI assistants and agents influence consumer behaviour and decision-making. We discuss: How AI can detect our emotional states and adapt responses in ways that feel increasingly empathic How companie...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Miriam Aczel, a sustainability and environmental justice researcher at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, whose research explores the hidden carbon, water, and land footprints of artificial intelligence. We discuss: The e...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this eye-opening conversation with Dr. Filippo Menczer, Professor of Informatics and Computer Science at Indiana University whose research explores how social bots, algorithms, and artificial intelligence manipulate what we see, believe, and share online. We discuss: How AI-powered bots can manufacture the il...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this important conversation with Maha Jouini, a United Nations independent expert on AI, Human Rights & Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Prevention and founder of an AI platform that supports women in North Africa living with breast and cervical cancer. We discuss: Why AI shouldn’t be shaped b...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this extraordinary conversation with Allan Brooks, Program Director at the Human Line Project, whose conversation with ChatGPT spiraled into an obsessive 300-hour interaction that convinced him he had made a world-changing mathematical discovery. We discuss: How a seemingly harmless conversations with AI can...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this mind-expanding conversation with Cameron Berg, founder and director of Reciprocal Research, a non-profit organization that aims to close the gap in machine consciousness ethics—before the issue becomes urgent. We discuss: If AI could become conscious—and how would we know The ethical and legal questions...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this fascinating conversation with Sam Brown, founder of Quantum Canvas, a “spirit tech” company that uses AI to interpret interference patterns between human minds and quantum fields, without input. We discuss: “Spirit tech” and what happens when consciousness and technology converge How Quantum Canvas is ex...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this insightful conversation with Dr. Towanna Burrous, author of Where AI Meets Empathy , whose work as a leadership coach explores the human side of performance and innovation.  We discuss: Why empathy is becoming a form of leadership intelligence in the age of AI Why organizations need to invest in huma...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this thought-provoking conversation with Dr. Henry Mintzberg, one of the world's most influential management thinkers, whose work sits at the intersection of strategy, leadership, organizations, and community-building. We discuss: How technology has steadily weakened communities over the past century...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this timely conversation with Dr. Darin Johnson, Professor of Law at Howard University, former attorney at the Pentagon, U.S. State Department, and White House, and author of Digital Coup , whose work sits at the intersection of AI, democracy, national security, and constitutional law. We discuss: How social...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this urgent and deeply personal conversation with youth advocate Ava Smithing, host of the podcast Left to Their Own Devices , whose work sits at the intersection of social media, online safety, youth mental health and digital well-being. We discuss: What parents, educators and policy-makers need to understan...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this fascinating conversation with Dr. Simon Dubé, Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute and one of the world's leading researchers studying erobotics, space sexology, and human-machine intimacy. We discuss: Why "Erobotics" may become one of the most important fields in the age of AI How s...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this eye-opening conversation with Dr. Clare McGlynn, Professor of Law at Durham University, whose work sits at the intersection of AI, image-based sexual abuse, pornography and digital rights. We discuss: How AI-generated deepfake pornography poses a serious  threat to women and girls Why "revenge porn&...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this insightful conversation with Dr. Steven Wang, CEO of Venture for Canada, whose work sits at the intersection of AI, entrepreneurship and public policy. We discuss: How AI is transforming the workforce and traditional careers How to prepare the next generation for an AI-driven economy What governments...

AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this fascinating conversation with Dr. Ekaterina Muravevskaia, Assistant Professor at Indiana University, whose work sits at the intersection of empathy, virtual reality, AI, and early childhood development. We discuss: The promise and perils of AI companions, tutors, and emotionally intelligent technolog...

Episode #7 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua   AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this thought-provoking conversation with Mitch Joel, an entrepreneur, author and podcast host, whose work sits at the intersection of technology, business, innovation and culture. We discuss: The difference be...

Episode #6 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua   AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this grounded conversation with Dr. Sean Welsh, a philosopher and computer programmer whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, machine ethics, and moral decision-making. We discuss: If robots and AI sy...

Episode #5 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua   AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this powerful conversation with Valentine Goddard, founder of the AI Impact Alliance, whose work sits at the intersection of Responsible AI, governance, art, and human rights. We discuss: How AI is reshaping c...

Episode #4 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 25-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua   AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this counter-hegemonic conversation with Dr. Adio-Adet Dinika, whose work exposes the hidden trauma and labour exploitation behind today’s AI systems. We discuss: How the AI industry offloads human suffering onto...

Episode #3 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 20-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua   AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Listen to this eye-opening conversation with Zoltan Istvan, a leading transhumanist who believes science and artificial intelligence will soon defeat biological death and radically transform human civilization. We discu...

Episode #2 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 20-part series: https://tinyurl.com/exyw2nua   AI is impacting every part of our lives—and we need to start paying more attention. Watch this deeply human conversation with Anne Nguyễn, an AI expert who studies the social, political, and human implications of AI on society and advocates for responsible AI. We discuss: The four human competencies th...

Episode #1 of Empathy in the Age of AI, a special 20-part series: https://youtu.be/NkzieFx8zO0 AI is having a major impact on national security, military decision-making, international relations and war—and we need to start paying more attention.  Listen to this eye-opening episode with Dr. Adam McCauley, a writer, academic and policy analyst who studies the social and political implications of AI...