Episode 30: Beyond Tools – Envisioning AI as Symbiotic Partners in Business and Life

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The episode explores the potential of AI as a partner in business and life, emphasizing the importance of human dignity and symbiotic relationships.

Is AI destined to replace us, or can it unlock unprecedented human potential? Helen and Dave Edwards join Lukas Egger to explore the emotional, cognitive, and cultural shifts that AI is ushering in. They challenge the narrow focus on productivity, urging us to consider AI’s broader impact on our lives and organizations. Discover how AI can be a powerful force for innovation, creativity, and meaning-making, but only if we prioritize human dignity and cultivate symbiotic relationships between humans and machines. This conversation is a must-listen for anyone seeking to navigate the AI revolution with purpose and vision. Guests: Helen & Dave Edwards Co-Founders of the Artificiality Institute Helen and Dave Edwards are co-founders of the Artificiality Institute, a nonprofit research organization shaping the human experience in a world of synthetic intelligence. Through story-based research, experimental design, and cultural dialogue, they explore how humans and AI co-evolve—not just for efficiency, but for meaning. For over a decade, they have studied how AI transforms human lives, capturing insights through longitudinal ethnography and translating them into new frameworks for…

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Host: SAP SE

Guests: Helen Edwards, Dave Edwards

Topics covered

• AI
• human potential
• innovation
• symbiotic relationships
• cognitive shifts
• cultural shifts

Keywords

• AI
• human-AI symbiosis
• innovation
• creativity
• meaning-making
• cognitive shifts
• cultural shifts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Artificiality Institute, UC Berkeley’s Center for Human-Compatible AI

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