I recently collaborated with the brilliant Maria Franzoni to create a series of short Zoom interviews exploring the impact of AI, future trends, and exciting opportunities ahead.

In our first chat, we explore why 1991 was such a pivotal year for humans. If you remember the days before the World Wide Web, you witnessed the transformation from a broadly analogue life to a super-connected world. Today, around 67% of the global population is online, and nearly half rely on the network for work and communication.

But, another shift is coming. With AI on the rise, we’ll soon be sharing our digital spaces with ‘sentient’ companions — not to replace us, but to join us. From digital colleagues to potential robotic companions, the network is about to expand equally in beautiful and dark ways.