Does using more technology actually make us less cognitively capable? For most of the 20th century, each generation scored higher on IQ tests than the one before, a phenomenon known as the Flynn effect. This trend began to reverse in several countries, though the pattern was recognized around 2010. If we think of humans like computers for a moment, the new generation may be developing different cognitive strengths: becoming better at parallel processing, visual pattern recognition, and multit...
Feb 18
20 min
Your parents paid for your grandparents' retirement. You're paying for your parents'. But will your kids be paying for yours? In this episode, Cat and Graça examine a structural disconnect: while tech companies plan infrastructure investments for AI deployment, there's minimal parallel discussion about how AI-driven labor market changes will affect the intergenerational contracts that welfare states depend on. The choice we make now is between anticipating structural shifts or hoping the next...
Feb 5
26 min
If someone asked you today whether a university degree is still worth it, what would you say? In this episode, host Helin Yontar explores how AI is challenging what people dream of doing in the future. With growing uncertainty, increasing longevity, and a generation focused on living in the moment, the picture has become far more complicated. During her time in Brussels, Helin met Arnstein, who evaluates the situation from a computer science, law, and economics perspective, as well as an educ...
Jan 29
40 min
In this mini-series, our host Helin Yontar speaks with guest speakers at the European Citizens Panel in Brussels, where 150 citizens from 27 countries discussed fairness across generations. This mini-series focuses on how our expectations of AI's future shape our actions today and asks: Who gets access? How is data being used? And how do we actively improve the unwritten scenario? Can we? You can expect to hear conversations with former ministers, sociologists, philosophers, and other experts...
Jan 21
4 min
In this episode, we sit down with Sara, a UX designer and tech coach who joined our bootcamp looking to explore AI's possibilities. What happened next surprised even her: she built a newsletter digest assistant that learns Portuguese, created a virtual avatar of herself, and developed a real estate agent that hunts for apartments automatically. She didn't come from a technical background. She didn't know how to code AI applications. She just showed up curious and willing to try. We talk about...
Dec 15, 2025
38 min
Responsible AI in Practice with Melissa Kühn: How to Navigate Ethics, Adoption, and the Human Factor
Responsible AI sounds great in theory, until you actually try to implement it. What does it mean for a company with thousands of employees across multiple countries? How do you balance innovation with ethics, speed with safety, and automation with humanity? Melissa Kühn, Responsible AI & AI Transformation Expert, walks us through the messy, practical reality of making AI work responsibly at scale. We talk about the four stages of AI adoption, why Europe doesn't need to "win" the AI race, ...
Oct 8, 2025
59 min
Meet Igor Buzaev, a business owner and interventional radiologist who became an AI Academy coach after taking our AI Agent Bootcamp. Igor shares a fascinating real-world case where ChatGPT helped a family question a misdiagnosis, leading them to seek multiple opinions that ultimately changed everything. But here's the twist - Igor explains why this could be both revolutionary and dangerous. In this episode, we dive deep into: • How AI is already outperforming doctors in empathy (yes, re...
Sep 10, 2025
33 min
What happens when someone with zero technical background decides to build an AI solution for a deeply personal problem? In this touching episode, we sit down with Matsume, a theater maker and AI Academy graduate who transformed her worry about her stroke-survivor father into a groundbreaking memory companion tool. Starting with absolutely no coding knowledge, Matsume used the skills from our AI Agent Bootcamp to create four different features - from daily medication reminders with her cloned ...
Jul 31, 2025
36 min
Meet Ivo, an AI Academy graduate who traded city life for sunsets in a Costa Rican beach town—and built an entire community platform while he was at it. With zero coding experience, Ivo used the skills from our AI Agent Bootcamp to create Nosara is Calling, a platform connecting tourists with local businesses and services in his adopted hometown. In this episode of "I'm NOT a Robot", Ivo shares how AI automation allows him to run multiple businesses, maintain his career as a marketer and DJ, ...
Jul 23, 2025
44 min
What happens when a 30-year learning veteran meets AI? Andy Lancaster, founder of Reimagine People Development, joins our community for a raw conversation about writing, struggle, and what makes us irreplaceably human. We dive deep into the messy reality of creativity – from Andy's butterfly cocoon analogy (spoiler: the struggle is the point) to why Anne Frank's diary will always hit different than anything AI produces. This isn't your typical "AI will replace writers" debate. Instead, we exp...
Jul 8, 2025
51 min
Load more