I'm NOT a Robot

Does using more technology actually make us less cognitively capable? For most of the 20th century, each generation scored higher on IQ tests than the one before, a phenomenon known as the Flynn effect. This trend began to reverse in several countries, though the pattern was recognized around 2010. If we think of humans like computers for a moment, the new generation may be developing different cognitive strengths: becoming better at parallel processing, visual pattern recognition, and multitasking (GPU tasks), while showing declines in deep sequential thinking, sustained focus, and linear problem-solving (CPU tasks). Change happens fast, but observing its effects on human cognition takes decades. 
In this episode, Pieter Vanhuysse discusses the importance of not repeating the mistakes made in the past decade and warns about keeping our cognitive agency.
AI Academy website

Your parents paid for your grandparents' retirement. You're paying for your parents'. But will your kids be paying for yours? In this episode, Cat and Graça examine a structural disconnect: while tech companies plan infrastructure investments for AI deployment, there's minimal parallel discussion about how AI-driven labor market changes will affect the intergenerational contracts that welfare states depend on. The choice we make now is between anticipating structural shifts or hoping the next generation figures it out.
AI Academy website

If someone asked you today whether a university degree is still worth it, what would you say? In this episode, host Helin Yontar explores how AI is challenging what people dream of doing in the future. With growing uncertainty, increasing longevity, and a generation focused on living in the moment, the picture has become far more complicated. During her time in Brussels, Helin met Arnstein, who evaluates the situation from a computer science, law, and economics perspective, as well as an educator's, father's, and citizens' perspectives.
AI Academy website

In this mini-series, our host Helin Yontar speaks with guest speakers at the European Citizens Panel in Brussels, where 150 citizens from 27 countries discussed fairness across generations. This mini-series focuses on how our expectations of AI's future shape our actions today and asks: Who gets access? How is data being used? And how do we actively improve the unwritten scenario? Can we?
You can expect to hear conversations with former ministers, sociologists, philosophers, and other experts, tackling the bigger questions that connect us all.
AI Academy website

In this episode, we sit down with Sara, a UX designer and tech coach who joined our bootcamp looking to explore AI's possibilities. What happened next surprised even her: she built a newsletter digest assistant that learns Portuguese, created a virtual avatar of herself, and developed a real estate agent that hunts for apartments automatically.
She didn't come from a technical background. She didn't know how to code AI applications. She just showed up curious and willing to try.
We talk about the messy parts too: losing automations because she forgot to save, and figuring out which tools to trust with her data. Sara shares what it actually feels like to go from "I have no idea what I'm doing" to "I can build this myself"—and how that shift changes the way you approach problems.
If you've been sitting on the sidelines thinking AI is too technical or not for you, Sara's story will change your mind. Sometimes the best way to learn is just to start building, even if you have no clue what you're doing at first.
AI Academy website