Can Humans Stay Human in the Age of AI? Lee Rainie on Resilience, Trust, and the Future

June 24, 2026 • 00:56:57
Can Humans Stay Human in the Age of AI? Lee Rainie on Resilience, Trust, and the Future
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Can Humans Stay Human in the Age of AI? Lee Rainie on Resilience, Trust, and the Future

Jun 24 2026 | 00:56:57

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Show Notes

In this episode of Hearsay Culture, Dave Levine speaks with Lee Rainie about the new Imagining the Digital Future report, Building a Human Resilience Infrastructure for the AI Age, which gathers insights from hundreds of experts on how artificial intelligence is likely to reshape society over the next decade. Rather than focusing solely on AI’s technological capabilities, the conversation explores a central finding of the report: that the greatest challenges ahead may be social, institutional, and human, requiring new forms of trust, governance, education, and collective problem-solving to preserve human agency and well-being. Rainie discusses concerns about AI’s growing influence […]

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