I'm NOT a Robot

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.
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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.
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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.
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Responsible AI sounds great in theory, until you actually try to implement it. What does it mean for a company with thousands of employees across multiple countries? How do you balance innovation with ethics, speed with safety, and automation with humanity?
Melissa Kühn, Responsible AI & AI Transformation Expert, walks us through the messy, practical reality of making AI work responsibly at scale. We talk about the four stages of AI adoption, why Europe doesn't need to "win" the AI race, the surprising risks of AI companionship for lonely customers, and what happens to our brains when we rely too much on generative AI.
This is a conversation about real decisions, real trade-offs, and what it actually takes to keep humans at the center when AI is everywhere. From tax systems to social contracts, from screen time to soil, we cover the parts of AI transformation nobody talks about enough.
Human decisions matter more than ever. Let's talk about how we make them.
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Meet Igor Buzaev, a business owner and interventional radiologist who became an AI Academy coach after taking our AI Agent Bootcamp.
Igor shares a fascinating real-world case where ChatGPT helped a family question a misdiagnosis, leading them to seek multiple opinions that ultimately changed everything. But here's the twist - Igor explains why this could be both revolutionary and dangerous.
In this episode, we dive deep into: 
• How AI is already outperforming doctors in empathy (yes, really) 
• Why diagnostic AI might be better than humans at avoiding cognitive biases 
• The critical difference between empathy and compassion in medicine 
• A personal story about AI catching what doctors missed 
• Why going straight to a second opinion might actually harm medical progress
Igor's journey proves that anyone can master AI, regardless of their starting point. From an interventional cardiologist to a business owner, he's now using AI to transform his medical business.
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