The future is being conditioned, not just coded | Marie-Lou Poirrier | TEDxVUAmsterdam

The future is being conditioned, not just coded | Marie-Lou Poirrier | TEDxVUAmsterdam

In her talk, Marie-Lou explores how artificial intelligence is not only transforming technology, but also revealing deeply human relational and emotional patterns that have long shaped our lives. What begins in the personal sphere does not stay there. These patterns become families, cultures, and systems, and AI is now amplifying them at scale. She examines what happens when powerful technologies are built on underdeveloped relational foundations. As AI expands into how we work, decide, and even process emotions, the real question becomes not only what these systems can do, but what in us they are meeting and magnifying. Marie-Lou argues that breaking this cycle requires more than information or innovation alone. It requires stronger human capacities: self-awareness, emotional literacy, better conversations, and the ability to relate with more maturity, responsibility, and depth. In this way, her talk is a call to invest not only in artificial intelligence, but just as seriously in human intelligence. Marie-Lou explores how we live fully and together in a complex world. Her work draws from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and communication. She facilitates emotional and relational intelligence for leaders and teams, strengthening the human capacities that drive how teams think, decide, and collaborate. She believes our high-tech world requires high-humanity, and that emotional and relational literacy is essential for the systems we’re building. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx