Digital dialogue: How AI is reshaping the way we think

AI isn’t just a productivity tool — it’s changing how knowledge itself is created. Author Paolo Granata joins the latest episode of Rotman’s Visiting Experts podcast to explain why the real question isn’t whether AI can think, but rather, how it’s transforming human thinking.

Show Notes 

[00:00] Brett Hendrie asks what AI is doing to the way we think 

[1:40] Meet Paolo Grenata, Author of Generative Knowledge: Think, Learn, Create with AI

[2:02] What does it mean for AI to help us think? 

[4:28] How knowledge has historically been created, shared and understood, and what's different about this moment

[7:32] How should people adapt their mindset in terms of how they use AI in their day-to-day lives? 

[10:08] What does a healthy partnership with AI look like? 

[12:17] How to find the right balance, and not offload too much to AI. 

[15:42] The idea of learnability, and why it matters. 

[18:33] What does success look like for individuals and businesses in terms of their use of AI over the next 10 years? 

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