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🧠AI isn’t just learning from us—it’s becoming something we never expected.
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In part two of this mind-opening conversation with Prof De Kai... We’ve all heard the AI doomsday predictions and the utopian promises. But what if the real story of AI is far more nuanced—and far more human?
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In this electrifying conclusion of our two-part series, Professor De Kai, AI pioneer and author of Raising AI, returns to shatter the biggest misconceptions about artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the very nature of reality itself.
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Professor De Kai is a founding fellow of Computational Linguistics, a creator of the first global-scale online translator (precursor to Google & Microsoft Translate), and a former member of Google’s AI Ethics Council. With over 40 years at the cutting edge of AI, his insights are both revolutionary—and deeply unsettling.
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🔥 In this episode, we explore:
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✔️ AI vs. Human Intelligence: The shocking ways AI is already surpassing human cognitive capabilities
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✔️ The Consciousness Question: Will AI ever become self-aware—or has it already begun?
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✔️ The Algorithmic Censorship Nobody Talks About: How AI is shaping not just what we see—but what we don’t see
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✔️ The “Neg-Information” Crisis: Why the real AI threat isn’t misinformation—it’s selective omission
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✔️ Why Emotion & Creativity Aren’t Exclusive to Humans: The myth of AI’s “cold logic” is about to be shattered
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✔️ The Quantum Leap: How AI and quantum computing could lead to feeling machines
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✔️ The U.S. vs. China AI War: The real battle isn’t what you think—and it may already be lost
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🚨 WARNING: This episode WILL challenge your assumptions about AI, society, and even your own biases.
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