My AI Agent Booked Me a Speaking Gig I Never Applied For

Dr. Chris McAlister's AI agent found an AI summit he had never heard of, submitted him to speak, wrote his talk title, and got him accepted. All he had to do was show up and be in the room. That is the real reason for a leader to lean into AI: more time with people. Chris and co-host Mark Stanifer get into the deeper why behind AI. Mark hands three big research projects to his AI so he can spend the evening by the fire with his family. Why using AI well is an identity claim, not a capability claim. Why an AI built to comfort your insecurities makes you a worse leader, and why Chris tuned his to be brutal. Why blaming the AI is lame leadership when it reports to you. And the line they keep bringing into the room: if you don't pay the price for your insecurities, someone else will. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:42 Welcome back: why lean into AI at all? 1:44 The deeper why: so people can be with people 3:53 Chris's AI booked him a speaking gig he never applied for 7:49 Mark's three research projects and a night by the fire 10:32 When AI can do anything, what should you do? 12:24 A changed me has to become a changed we 14:23 Don't build your AI to comfort your insecurities 15:11 Why Chris tuned his AI to be brutal 17:05 An identity claim, not a capability claim 19:54 Imagine, discern, build: why each one needs a person 21:58 Blaming the AI is lame leadership 23:03 Healthy relationships cost you your insecurities 24:30 Pay the price, or someone else will 25:43 One more AI episode to go Find the book, The 3% Shift: The Human Edge in the Age of AI, at https://www.threepercentshift.com Take the Identity Fear Quotient® (IFQ®). It's just four questions, and in about 15 minutes you'll see the leader you are at your best and the fear that distorts it under pressure, with people and with AI: https://www.taketheifq.com Bring this to your whole team, and build a culture that changes lives: https://www.sightshift.com Get my Monday letter, the SightShift Newsletter, free: https://sightshift.kit.com/d8d06f18b8