Op/Ed
Hector Vila: What podcasts offer in the age of AI
June 19, 2025
Something curious is happening in our increasingly automated world. While AI promises to democratize expertise, eliminate drudgery, and amplify human intelligence, potentially solving problems that have plagued humanity for centuries, these same AI advances threaten to create what we might call the “connection paradox” — simultaneously connecting us globally while isolating us individually.
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