In this episode of I’ve Got Questions, I sit down with futurist, author, and strategic foresight professor Alexander Manu to explore how AI is reshaping the meaning of work, creativity, and identity.
He explains how technology has always been a bridge to new forms of human expression, and how AI may usher in the most creative, personalized era of human history.
Manu argues that we need to transcend the idea that our identity is tied to our jobs because
AI is not just another tool that will change the workforce, but it’s also a mirror forcing us to ask, “What else can I become?”
0:00 – Introduction
1:15 – Why AI Makes You Ask, “What Else Can I Become?”
3:00 – The End of the Beginning for AI
5:30 – How AI Challenges Our Professional Identity
8:15 – Why Refusing New Tools Makes Us Less Relevant
11:00 – Will AI Invent a New Kind of Artist?
14:10 – From Creator to Narrator: The Next Creative Economy
16:00 – The Future of Shopping and Personalized Design
18:30 – Why the Influencer Era Will End
22:00 – Social Media’s Next Evolution
25:00 – The Philosophical Shift Toward “Becoming”
27:00 – The Device That Will Replace the Smartphone
30:00 – Ambient Computing and the Disappearing Interface
35:00 – The Meaning of Work in the Age of AI
39:00 – Universal Basic Income and the New Economic Model
43:00 – Why We Must Redefine Human Value Beyond Productivity
46:00 – Redesigning Society in the Age of AI
49:00 – The Real Meaning of Life in an Automated World
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