E12: AI, Ego Death, and the End of Reality? | Sam Rad | Leaders of AI

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.

Order Sam’s groundbreaking book Radical Next and learn why the stakes have never been higher. 

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