In this episode, Benedikt Lehnert explores AI as a paradigm shift as profound as the Industrial Revolution. He urges design leaders to act as ethical navigators to ensure technology delivers net positive outcomes for humanity.
AI represents a paradigm shift as profound as the Industrial Revolution, only unfolding at unprecedented speed. In this episode of the Design Executive Outlook on Enterprise AI series, our founder and CEO, Gordon Ching, sits down with Benedikt Lehnert, Entrepreneurship and Design Fellow at Princeton University.
Benedikt describes this moment as one of both fascination and unease: a frontier where the role of design leadership becomes inseparable from questions of ethics, responsibility, and human dignity. He argues that designers must go beyond product-making to become ethical navigators, negotiating the contract between business, society, and the planet to ensure AI delivers net positive outcomes.
From the risks of convergence with other powerful technologies to the promise of multimodal interaction that makes computers more natural and human, Benedikt challenges leaders to move beyond short-lived efficiency gains and focus on creating lasting value. His call to action is clear: design leadership must preserve the human soul in AI, guiding technology to serve humanity at its best.
Podcast Recorded in November 2024
