Episode 33: In the Age of AI, the Humans Are Still Here

Globally Grounded: The Work-Life Reset · Sep 17, 2026 · 11m

In this episode, Kyra gets into AI from a human perspective. She acknowledges the real and justified fears (lately, it feels almost catastrophic), including the fact that some of the people who built these systems are among the most concerned about where they're heading. She touches on the good AI is doing in medicine, then spends the rest of the episode on the irreplaceable human qualities that a tool can’t yet replicate. From Japan's omotenashi to South Africa's ubuntu to Brazil’s jeitinho, Kyra explores what the world knows about what makes human-centered work matter, and why this…