Like talking to a forest: Tamás Dávid-Barrett on conversations with AI, its impacts, and why using it matters

With AI's promise to elevate efficiency and access to knowledge comes the prospect of increased inequality for those who cannot access it. Against the backdrop of the many challenges AI poses, it is important to examine our truth bubbles, identities, and modes of organizing, behavioral scientist Tamás Dávid-Barrett argues.

Tamás Dávid-Barrett, who trained as both an evolutionary anthropologist and a global macroeconomist, analyzes in his work the demographic, behavioral, and technological structures that shape people's collective lives. He is also the founder of Future Human Systems Research, a foresight engine that blends AI, behavioral science, and systems theory to explore the next chapter in human evolution. He teaches at Oxford's Trinity College and holds fellowships at Helsinki's Population Research Institute, the Royal Anthropological Institute, and the Royal Society of Arts.