Robots, Really?

About this episode

Yvette and Frank discuss the implications of foresight work and the skepticism surrounding the role of robots in the future.

In this episode of The Intentional Spill, Yvette and Frank tell the story behind a question that still lingers in foresight work: “Robots, really?” It was said years ago (half skeptical, half dismissive) after a scenario exercise meant to stretch imagination rather than confirm comfort. And it perfectly captures why foresight so often fails when it’s treated as prediction instead of preparation . Moving between personal stories, professional missteps, and the rise of today’s AI-saturated wor...

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Hosts: Yvette, Frank

Topics covered

• foresight
• AI
• imagination
• prediction
• preparation
• professional missteps

Keywords

• foresight
• robots
• AI
• entrepreneurship
• business
• imagination
• preparation

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