Shekhar Natarajan on Why AI Needs a Trust Layer (#066)

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Shekhar Natarajan discusses the importance of trust in AI and introduces the concept of a trust layer.

Let's know what you liked and learnt! In this episode of ContraMinds, Shekhar Natarajan explains why the biggest challenge in AI today isn’t intelligence—it’s trust. As AI systems become more powerful, they remain inconsistent, unexplainable, and often misaligned with human values. Shekhar introduces the idea of a “trust layer” for AI—moving beyond efficiency and ethics to systems that actively do good. Through his concept of Angelic Intelligence, he lays out how future AI must embed human v...

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Host: Swami

Guest: Shekhar Natarajan

Topics covered

• AI
• trust
• Angelic Intelligence
• human values
• ethics
• efficiency

Keywords

• AI
• trust layer
• Angelic Intelligence
• human values
• ethics
• efficiency

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Organizations: ContraMinds, ContraMinds Labs

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