Artificial intelligence is not simply changing the world around us, it’s changing the conditions through which we experience ourselves.
Neuroscientist Joel Pearson, cyberneticist Maia Gould and anthropologist Monty Badami meet on AI that speaks the language of connection, attachment and rewards dependence.
The conversation moves from the loneliness epidemic to attachment hacking, from Indigenous knowledge systems to the architecture of language models, asking when intelligence becomes abundant, what becomes precious?
What hangs in the balance is perhaps not intelligence, but depth: our willingness to tolerate friction, uncertainty and genuine connection in an age designed to remove them.
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Guests:
Joel Pearson
Professor · Cognitive Neuroscience · Author
A Professor of cognitive neuroscience and psychology at UNSW Sydney, founder of the Future Minds Lab and author of The Intuition Toolkit. His work looks at how the mind makes decisions and adapts as technology reshapes it.
Maia Gould
Associate Professor · Cybernetics, AI & Bioethics
An Associate Professor at the ANU School of Cybernetics, where she works on how we understand, govern and live well with AI as it gets woven into the systems around us.
Dr Monty Badami
Anthropologist · Army Reserves Officer
An anthropologist, Australian Army Reserve Officer and founder of the social enterprise Habitus. His work centres on how we make meaning and stay connected to one another through relationships, ritual, belief and connection.
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