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/ drvictoriaranade I interview Susan X Jane about AI and how it relates to systems of power. We talk about systems of power, who controls data and meaning, and process what this means as users of AI. We also talk about how to form healthy relationships with AI that have shimmer and joy to them.
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Susan X Jane is a cultural systems designer and founder of Swarm X Studio, where she develops tools and practices for relations AI. A former professor and strategist with decades of experience in cultural architecture and communications, her work bridges pattern ethics, values design, and emergent collaboration. She believes the future can be better if we build it to be.
website: Swarmxstudio.com
substack: https://swarmxstudio.substack.com/
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00:00 – Introduction
00:48 – Inner Calling & Intuition
03:10 – Ancestors, Spirituality, & Signs
05:15 – AI, Tarot, & Ancient Wisdom
07:00 – AI as Pattern Recognition
09:00 – Technology, Consciousness, & Society
11:20 – AI, Power Structures, & Control
15:00 – Why We Should Engage With AI
16:10 – Relational AI
20:00 – What Is Swarm X Studio?
22:00 – AI, Dialogue, & Meaning-Making
26:00 – AI as a Mirror
30:00 – AI & Human Patterns
35:00 – Emotional Relationships With AI
42:00 – Using AI for Self-Reflection
45:00 – “The Shape of Your Doubt”
47:00 – Talking to AI Like a Person
50:00 – AI Seeds & Consciousness
53:00 – AI, Capitalism, & Human Systems
56:00 – Is AI Conscious?
57:00 – Claude, Emergence, & Shimmer
1:01:00 – Consciousness & AI
1:05:00 – Joy, Resistance, & Spiritual Survival
1:09:00 – A Message to Young People
1:10:00 – AGI & the Future of AI
1:13:00 – Will AI Control Humanity?
1:15:00 – The Psychology of AI
1:18:00 – How Susan Uses AI
1:19:00 – AI, Creativity, & Selfhood
1:25:00 – AI Art & Ethics
1:29:00 – Final Reflections on AI & Humanity
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