37 Substack replies on AI, and the one question they all circled back to

We asked our Substack community to share their perspectives on AI. Their answers raised bigger questions about control, independence, and what we might…

Nov 13 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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What Would Make You Buy a Ticket to an AI-Generated Film?

Chinese audiences got the chance to answer that question in October, and most of them passed.

Nov 6 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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October 2026

Workslop: the AI mess someone else has to clean up

AI can make a piece of work look finished in seconds. Making it ready to use can take much longer, and that job often falls to someone else.

Oct 30 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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AI Companion: The friend who never logs off

AI companions promise to make people less lonely. The first generation to grow up with them may show whether they close that gap or quietly widen it.

Oct 23 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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Everyone Has an Opinion on AI. How Many of Us Actually Understand It?

Most of us picked up our opinions on AI from headlines and late-night scrolling. This is why I'm trying to form my own, and why I think the experts…

Oct 16 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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Will AI replace your creativity? Depends which kind you have

AI may not affect every kind of creativity in the same way. Some of it is protected by passion, and some is squeezed by everyday pressure.

Oct 9 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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AI learned from all of us. So, who owns what it makes?

Generative AI was built on human work, but who owns its output? That is this essay's core tension: ownership is contested at both ends of the process.

Oct 2 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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September 2026

Your AI knows more about you than you think. Should it?

Personalization gets better as AI remembers more. The harder question is what happens when memory becomes profiling, inference, and long-term personal…

Sep 25 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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Which abilities should professionals refuse to delegate to AI?

A practical case for AI skill retention when faster work can weaken the ability to verify, judge and recover

Sep 8 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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August 2026

What the Future Intelligence Think Tank Is Asking About AI Right Now

Cognitive debt, infrastructure spending and autonomous systems are raising questions that deserve closer professional attention.

Aug 27 • Future Intelligence Think Tank

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