"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis My Positive Vision for the AI Future, from the Existential Hope Podcast
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Nov 12, 2025 
Guest Nathan Labenz, a product/design-focused AI commentator, emphasizes the importance of crafting a positive vision for AI's future. He explores transformative applications like self-driving cars and personalized education. Labenz discusses the role of fiction in shaping societal attitudes toward AI and highlights underrated uses of AI in daily life. Diving into potential futures, he raises questions about AI's capability growth and the balance between optimism and risk, advocating for higher public expectations and thoughtful policy.
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Positive Vision Is A Critical Scarce Resource
- The scarcest resource today is a positive vision for the future, especially around AI.
- Nathan urges society to develop clearer social contracts and daily-life visions to guide AI progress.
Cognitive Labor Will Reshape Occupations
- AI could automate the majority of cognitive work within years, shifting what humans do at scale.
- Nathan compares this to past revolutions that changed labor composition and urges planning for that transition.
Keep Humans As Guides In Education
- Preserve human roles as mentors, coaches, and role models even when AI delivers content and grading.
- Design education so humans handle soft skills while AI handles personalized instruction and assessment.
