EPISODE · Sep 18, 2025 · 42 MIN
How We’re Really Using AI
from Voices of Esalen · host Esalen Institute
What if AI was capable of being more than just a new and improved Google search? What if there was ways to harness its predictive powers for growth, self-realization, or even freedom? Today we'll hear from four thinkers: Larissa Conte, a leadership guide and systems healer with a focus on power, on the principle of mutual co-enactment. Then we hear from Cecilia Callas, co-founder of The AI Salon, about convening global conversations that wrestle with the societal stakes of technology. Next is Sadia Bruce, Esalen’s Director of Product, who speaks candidly about using AI as an adjunct to therapy. And then Sam shares his own journey, from glitchy AI songs and translated prayers to the creation of a new weekly circle at Esalen called AI for Social Good. It’s a messy middle full of experiments, missteps, and glimpses of possibility. Larissa Conte & Wayfinding Website: https://www.wayfinding.io/ Weekly Contemplations: https://www.wayfinding.io/community AI Summer Camp: https://www.wayfinding.io/ai-summer-camp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larissaconte/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbconte Cecilia Callas: Substack: https://ceciliacallas.substack.com/ RemAIning Human podcast: https://ceciliacallas.substack.com/podcast AI Salon: https://aisalon.xyz/ Sadia Bruce: IG: @breathisalanguage Esalen: https://www.esalen.org/faculty/sadia-bruce https://www.esalen.org/post/the-proust-questionnaire-sadia-bruce-012023
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What if AI was capable of being more than just a new and improved Google search? What if there was ways to harness its predictive powers for growth, self-realization, or even freedom? Today we'll hear from four thinkers: Larissa Conte, a leadership guide and systems healer with a focus on power, on the principle of mutual co-enactment. Then we hear from Cecilia Callas, co-founder of The AI Salon, about convening global conversations that wrestle with the societal stakes of technology. Next is Sadia Bruce, Esalen’s Director of Product, who speaks candidly about using AI as an adjunct to therapy. And then Sam shares his own journey, from glitchy AI songs and translated prayers to the creation of a new weekly circle at Esalen called AI for Social Good. It’s a messy middle full of experiments, missteps, and glimpses of possibility. Larissa Conte & Wayfinding Website: https://www.wayfinding.io/ Weekly Contemplations: https://www.wayfinding.io/community AI Summer Camp: https://www.wayfinding.io/ai-summer-camp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larissaconte/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lbconte Cecilia Callas: Substack: https://ceciliacallas.substack.com/ RemAIning Human podcast: https://ceciliacallas.substack.com/podcast AI Salon: https://aisalon.xyz/ Sadia Bruce: IG: @breathisalanguage Esalen: https://www.esalen.org/faculty/sadia-bruce https://www.esalen.org/post/the-proust-questionnaire-sadia-bruce-012023
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