Mike Matejovic is a personal branding expert, who has spent over 20 years shaping, coaching, and representing some of the world’s most exciting personal brands, from professional athletes and MTV award-winning artists to global entrepreneurs. Today we sit down with Mike to discuss the hidden dangerous of AI and social media. We have an open conversation how AI affects both our lives us entrepreneurs, as fathers and as members of different communities.Full DISCLAIMER: We are NOT an AI EXPERTS - we are regular users of these technologies trying to shape the our own opinions.Find more about Mike: https://www.mikematejovic.com/Follow along: 00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:07 - Gen Z’s wild AI-love stats00:00:47 - “Mixed relationships” with humanoids00:01:24 - Is AI the new cigarettes/alcohol?00:03:17 - Where’s the boundary - do we slow down?00:04:17 - Tool…or is the tool using us?00:07:34 - Apps built to hijack attention00:09:18 - Echo chambers that feel great (but aren’t)00:10:20 - Old marketing tricks, AI turbocharged00:11:48 - Multiplying what’s already broken00:12:26 - “Are we killing for profit?”00:13:37 - The bone-for-the-dog attention lure00:14:16 - Parenting in the phone era00:15:13 - Real solutions start with self-work00:16:31 - The price of “free” platforms00:17:34 - More health info, sicker society00:18:31 - We have seen this pattern before...00:19:14 - Dead-Internet theory: bots everywhere00:20:19 - What happens after money ?00:21:26 - Rewired brains & fast dopamine00:22:38 - Privilege, purpose, and meaning00:23:44 - Friends off social: presence vs. income00:24:41 - What we value: kindness vs. numbers00:26:20 - City life vs. community- can we reconnect?00:29:21 - Owning our ignorance & blind spots00:31:27 - Boundaries, people, and guarding your mind00:39:22 - When awareness overwhelms00:41:28 - Do cool things first, then share01:03:20 - Authenticity vs AI