AI Ireland with Mark Kelly E210 'Redefining Humanity with Tech and Neuroscience' with Dr. Lollie Mancey
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Aug 14, 2025 
Dr. Lollie Mancey, an anthropologist and futurist at UCD Innovation Academy, explores the fascinating intersection of technology and humanity. She discusses AI's societal impacts, emphasizing the balance between innovation and social justice. Lollie critiques the overhyping of AI, predicting a hybrid human-tech future with unintentional consequences. She also touches on the emotional complexity of AI companions and their role in addressing loneliness, highlighting the need for AI literacy to ensure meaningful human connections in a tech-driven world.
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Interdisciplinary Cyber Anthropology
- Dr Lollie Mancey frames her work at the intersection of anthropology, innovation and social justice.
- She argues cyber/digital anthropology must include neuroscience and biology to track how we physically and socially change.
We're In A Cognitive Revolution
- Lollie calls our era a 'cognitive revolution' that will reshape thinking and relationships, not just work.
- She warns most conversations miss deeper societal and cognitive impacts of AI's spread.
Storytelling Trained Her For The Stage
- Lollie ran the Irish Institute of Celebrants, teaching storytelling for weddings and funerals.
- That decade of ritual storytelling prepared her for long-form public speaking and stage craft.
