Join Julia McCoy and Dave Shapiro in Episode 12 of Leaders of AI as they sit down with radical futurist and anthropologist Sam Rad, author of Radical Next. Dive into a mind-bending conversation about AI’s existential impact on humanity, societal collapse, and the rebirth of systems.

💥Key topics discussed:

• Societal paradigm shifts: Death and rebirth cycles of global systems (economy, governance, identity).
• AI’s existential questions: “What does it mean to be human in a post-reality world?”
• Perception manipulation: How tech (VR, algorithms, urban design) warps reality today.
• Decentralized futures: Blockchains, DAOs, and the collapse of nation-states.
• Art vs. AI: Why creativity is humanity’s last stand against bland AI-generated content.
• Quantum computing: The coming “post-quantum” chaos and cognitive security threats.
• Team Human: Balancing techno-optimism with radical reconnection to humanity.

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🚀 Episode 11 Alert! David Shapiro hosts John Gibbs (CEO of Automattic, PhD, and host of Doctor Know It All) for an explosive discussion on DeepSeek-R1—the Chinese AI model rattling global markets and rewriting AI economics.

💥 In this episode:

• Why NVIDIA’s stock crashed 17% overnight
• Can a $5M open-source model outperform billion-dollar projects?
• Geopolitical chess: China’s AI surge vs. Western dominance
• The "Mozart Paradox": How constraints breed AI innovation
• Ethical minefields: Copyright, job displacement, and AGI’s looming shadow

🔍 John breaks down why synthetic data and self-play reinforcement learning could democratize AI, why Hollywood isn’t safe from disruption, and how leaders can navigate the AI arms race.

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In this episode of Leaders of AI, we sit down with Emad Mostaque. Emad is the Founder & CEO of Intelligent Internet and Founder and Former CEO of Stability AI.

Emad shares some chilling predictions about the future of work, revealing how AI will soon surpass human capabilities in nearly every field. He discusses the impending "end of jobs," the rise of AI-powered economies, and the urgent need for societal adaptation. Emad also offers crucial advice for navigating this AI-driven future, emphasizing the importance of embracing AI and developing new skills.

Emad’s Article: When Capital No Longer Needs Labor, How Does Labor Gain Capital

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