Blog Posts, and Videos What Makes Us Human? A Conversation on Meaning, Technology, and Leadership in the Age of AI Unfavorite Favorite Aspen Global Leadership NetworkWhat does it mean to be human when machines can think, reason, and create? Four leaders with expertise in AI research, political psychology, ethics, and social science explore what it means to be human as technology reshapes intuition, attention, and connection. The conversation moved from emotional intelligence and the erosion of social trust to what leaders owe the people who follow them. Al-Zain Al-Sabah put it most simply, reframing Descartes for the current moment: “I feel, therefore I am.”