The Human-AI Frontier with Erica Orange | Femme Futurist Society

In our latest addition to the Femme Futurist video podcast series we caught up with Futurist, speaker, and author Erica Orange as she was just launching her new book exploring the evolving relationship between AI and human intelligence: AI + The Human Frontier. In it, she delves into the future of time, trust, truth, and the very essence of what makes us human. As generative AI becomes woven into our daily lives and quantum computing looms on the horizon, the lines between real and artificial, true and false are growing increasingly blurred. But do these distinctions still matter—and if so, where do we draw them? At the heart of this transformation lies a critical truth we’re all realizing: the most profound aspects of human intelligence—curiosity, critical thinking, empathy—are not only irreplaceable but will become even more vital in an AI-driven world. As technology accelerates, embedding trust, human oversight, and ethical judgment into its development is an urgent imperative, ensuring that AI serves to amplify—not diminish—our humanity. This is the very challenge Erica unpacks in her book. She argues that rather than resisting AI’s inevitable evolution, we must actively shape it—leveraging its capabilities while reinforcing the uniquely human qualities that define us. The future isn’t about AI versus humans; it’s about how we reimagine intelligence itself in an era where both must coexist to thrive.