The Obsolescence of Humanity, Ultra-Personal Healthcare and ‘Comfort Robots’ with Jag Sharma, Jason Kapadia, Felina Tan and Matt Webster - E101
In 100 months, when robots handle every inconvenience and AI tracks our health with alarming precision, what’s left for us to even do?
From comfort robots that fold your laundry to AI-powered bespoke medicine and the end of admin as we know it, this week’s Disconnected episode unpacks how tomorrow’s tech could reshape our lives, our work, and even our purpose.
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Our purpose in a world rife with assistance robots
Personal AI agents running our social lives
Big pharma’s ‘in silico’ future
The ultra-personalisation of healthcare
Episode Highlights:
“It's 2034. You wake up, stretch and say, “Good morning, Google” - your AI of choice has finished the laundry and ironed the blue shirt. You're not looking at your phone, no screen, just voice.” - 3:15 - Jason Kapadia
“If working becomes optional, I would honestly need a robot that tells me what to do. Why should I get up? Why wake up? Just cryogenically freeze me. You don't need me anymore.” - 21:20 - Matt Webster
“It's basically like the Jetsons on crack, because we all thought we would have flying cars by now, but this is almost a step up.” - 16:50 - Felina Tan
“In the interim, I just don't see one robot that does it all, maybe I just see it being split out.” - 18:45 - Jag Sharma
“Big Pharma, back in the day, used to spend huge amounts of money, huge amounts of human resources in the heyday of Big Pharma. Is that heyday over?” - 31:25 - Matt Webster
“Will this revolutionary power benefit all of humanity or just the privileged few?” - 41:00 - Jag Sharma
“Will humans end up revolting? Will we be like, ‘No, I want to do unhealthy things. I want to drink a litre of Jim Beam, and then you robots figure out how to fix my liver in the morning’. Will humans want to be more human?” - 50:05 - Jag Sharma
Links & references:
Matt Webster:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwwebster/
Felina Tan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinagabrielletan/
Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/
Jag Sharma: