Helen and Dave Edwards are co-founders of the Artificiality Institute, a nonprofit research organization that helps people stay human in the age of AI. They explore how AI changes the way we think, who we become, and what it means to be human. Through story-based research, education, and community, they help people choose the relationship they want with machines, so they remain the authors of their own minds.
Before founding the Artificiality Institute, they co-founded Intelligentsia.ai, an AI-focused research firm acquired by Atlantic Media. Helen previously led large-scale technology and transformation efforts in critical infrastructure, while Dave spent years shaping creative tools at Apple and investing in emerging technologies as a venture capitalist at CRV and an equity research analyst at Morgan Stanley and ThinkEquity.
In this second part of our conversation, we talk about:
Rethinking intelligence as something layered, embodied, and expressed in different forms
The “SaaSpocalypse” moment on Wall Street
The “Dust Bowl” metaphor and the risk of automating complex human systems too quickly
Transition from the attention economy to the intimacy economy
Dave and Helen’s reflections on what is lost when we use AI
How AI systems uncover hidden structures in language, science, and the natural world
Practical ways creators can decide where AI belongs in their creative process
To learn more about Helen and Dave’s work, you can find them at:
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