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Human Factor Podcast Season 1 Episode 1 Being Human in the Age of AI: Trust, Adoption, and Ethical Dilemmas

Episode 001 Being Human in the Age of AI: Trust, Adoption, and Ethical Dilemmas Ethical Dilemmas Arise as We Trust AI for Bigger Decisions Host: Kevin Novak Duration: 25 minutes Available: October 9, 2025 🎙️Season 1, Episode 1 Episodes are available in both video and audio formats across all major podcast platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Apple Podcasts, and via RSS, among others. Transcript Available Below Episode Overview In this Human Factor Podcast episode, Kevin Novak explores the psychological implications…

Kevin Novak

October 16, 2025

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Being Human in the Age of AI: Trust, Adoption, and Ethical Dilemmas

Being Human in the Age of AI: Trust, Adoption, and Ethical Dilemmas Issue 233, October 9, 2025 Here’s a test: Think about yesterday. How many AI recommendations did you follow without a second thought? Your Netflix queue. Your GPS route. Maybe even what to cook for dinner. Now think about the last major strategic decision you made at work. Did you trust AI the same way? Or did something in your gut say, “Wait. I need to think about this.”…

Kevin Novak

October 9, 2025

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The AI Double-Edged Sword: A Professional Identity Problem

The AI Double-Edged Sword: A Professional Identity Problem Issue 232, October 2, 2025 As artificial intelligence rapidly matures across industries, what does this mean for human intelligence, decision-making, and professional expertise? How do professionals understand how AI is shifting and how it influences their professional identity? How do individual leaders redefine and transition themselves to the new reality? Nearly a year ago, we wrote Will AI Replace You? Our intent was to spark a conversation among professionals to explore how…

Kevin Novak

October 2, 2025

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The Leadership Paradox: Why AI Should Make Us More Human, Not Less

The Leadership Paradox: Why AI Should Make Us More Human, Not Less Who’s the Fittest to Survive? Issue 216, June 12, 2025 We’ve all been taught Charles Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest. The theory has ruled in the animal kingdom as well as the boardroom. The strong, the bullies, and the ruthless were always perceived to be the survivalists. We admired the fittest and sought to emulate them. This interpretation of success was mirrored by the top-down,…

Kevin Novak

June 12, 2025

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Double-Edged Code: How AI Creates and Resolves Its Own Ethical Dilemmas

Double-Edged Code: How AI Creates and Resolves Its Own Ethical Dilemmas Issue 210, May 1, 2025 From time to time we write about AI and its potential to change society, how humans think (or not), and how humans may alleviate themselves from responsibilities and rely on AI instead. That said, we will always ring the bell on the necessity for critical thinking and leveraging our human abilities and the great minds that we have over AI. Today we want to…

Kevin Novak

May 1, 2025

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Being Human in the Age of AI: Where We Are Heading Now and into 2035

Being Human in the Age of AI: Where We Are Heading Now and into 2035 Issue 209, April 24, 2025 If you’ve been working with any Large Language Model (LLM) – ChatGPT, Claude, et al. – you’ve probably noticed how weirdly polite and eager to please these tools are. That’s no surprise because they are trained to please you. It’s refreshing to have a handy research tool that responds like a friendly, faithful dog within seconds. It makes it tempting…

Kevin Novak

April 24, 2025

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Managing Ethical Dilemmas: A Human-Centric Approach to AI Adoption

Managing Ethical Dilemmas: A Human-Centric Approach to AI Adoption Issue 194, January 9, 2025 It has become clear that the acceleration of AI applications has the potential to upend life as we have known it. It is impossible to deny the power of AI manifestations (platforms, chatbots, interfaces) to improve and influence our personal and professional lives. Many individuals are already diving deeply and embracing the use of AI for most if not all tasks. Others are holding out after…

Kevin Novak

January 8, 2025

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Is Critical Thinking at Risk of Extinction?

Is Critical Thinking at Risk of Extinction? Issue 191, December 19, 2024 We are tackling a topic that is a recurring theme in everything we write, including our book, The Truth About Transformation. Critical thinking is becoming an endangered skill along with practical know-how, common sense problem-solving and basic thinking skills. These tools are more important than ever for all of us caught in the crossfire of global geopolitical, geo-economic and cultural asynchronies. We have largely defaulted to thinking on…

Kevin Novak

December 19, 2024

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Will AI Replace You?

Will AI Replace You? Issue 185, November 7, 2024 One of the most popular debates of 2024 is what AI won’t replace. Is it me? Is it you? Is it all of us? Is it none of us? Surely you can think back to movies that projected what a possible future might look like as technology becomes more immersed in all aspects of our lives. Science fiction often isn’t fiction, but rather prediction. In real life, some of us will…

Kevin Novak

November 7, 2024

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AI: Spring Awakenings

AI: Spring Awakenings Issue 150, March 7, 2024 We think the onset of Spring is a good time for house cleaning and taking a pause to reassess AI. It has taken over both the imagination and the anxiety of most anyone who has been paying attention. Take a straw poll and you may have two oppositional results. AI is a tool that will help human beings achieve higher levels of productivity and more efficient levels of profitability. Or AI is…

Kevin Novak

March 7, 2024

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