“AI is amplifying both our cognition and our blind spots… it’s showing us who we are.” — Dr. Lollie Mancey

Dr. Lollie Mancey — anthropologist, futurist and Program Director at UCD’s Innovation Academy — joins Samraj to explore how AI is reshaping identity, intimacy, culture, empathy and the future human condition. A grounded, human conversation on loneliness, AI companions, ethics, neuroscience, simulation theory and how technology is transforming how we think, feel and relate.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

0:00 ➤ Intro / Guest Welcome

0:56 ➤ Lollie’s background & cyber-anthropology

2:01 ➤ Futureville: Ireland 2050 through AR

2:58 ➤ Fear, misinformation & youth pushback

3:52 ➤ Computer science’s identity crisis

4:42 ➤ “Anything + AI” & future learning

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