Identity & Humanity
What it means to be human when machines can do almost everything.
EP 05Andrey Marey
Andrey Marey: The Fake Dopamine Trap, Rapid Execution, and Setting Boundaries with AI
20-year-old serial founder Andrey Marey on building fast without losing your humanity — the fake dopamine trap of small goals, why he refuses to use AI for personal communication, and the moment he almost quit everything.
EP 04Bailley Georgieva
Who Are You Without AI? A Deep Dive into Hypersonics and Human Originality with Bailley Georgieva
Bailley Georgieva simulates Mach 10+ flight physics at MIT and evaluated startup fixes at the Defense Innovation Unit. She has a specific, grounded answer to what it means to stay original in a world that defaults to AI.
EP 03Krish Jajoo
The Y-Combinator Effect: How a High-Stakes Environment Shapes Success
Krish Jajoo — CS major at Santa Clara University and leader of AI Collaborate — on growing up in Silicon Valley's pressure cooker, why the best future leaders need both technical mastery and emotional intelligence, and whether AI will make learning to code obsolete.
EP 02Michael Yoshimura
Still Human? The Bioengineer Building the Technology of Tomorrow
From a career-ending injury to the front lines of the AI revolution — Michael Yoshimura on the Execution Culture gap, 3D-printed healthcare, and why most great ideas die within two weeks.