Episodes

  • Exidion AI - The Only Path to Supportive AI

    Exidion AI - The Only Path to Supportive AI
    Sep 1 2025
    Legacy alignment can only imitate care. Exidion AI changes the objective itself. We embed development, values, context and culture into learning so AI becomes truly supportive of human growth. We explain why the old path fails, what Hinton’s “maternal instincts” really imply as an architectural principle, and how Exidion delivers impact now with a steering layer while building a native core with psychological DNA. Scientific stack: developmental psychology, personality and motivation, organizational and social psychology, cultural anthropology, epistemics and neuroscience. Europe will not win AI by copying yesterday. We are building different.
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    13 mins
  • #9 Exidion AI: Redefining Safety in Artificial Intelligence

    #9 Exidion AI: Redefining Safety in Artificial Intelligence
    Aug 25 2025
    We are building a psychological operating system for AI and for leaders. In this episode Christina outlines why every real AI failure is also a human systems failure and how Exidion turns psychology into design rules, evaluation, red teaming and governance that leaders can actually use. Clear goals. Evidence under conflict. Audits that translate to action. A path to safer systems while the concrete is still wet.
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    10 mins
  • #8 Beyond Quick Fixes: Building Real Agency for AI

    #8 Beyond Quick Fixes: Building Real Agency for AI
    Aug 18 2025
    AI can sound deeply empathetic, but style is not maturity. This episode unpacks why confusing empathy with wisdom is dangerous in high-stakes contexts like healthcare, policing, or mental health. From NEDA’s chatbot failure to biased hospital algorithms, we explore what real agency in AI means: boundaries, responsibility, and accountability. If you want to understand why quick fixes and empathy cues are not enough — and how to build AI that truly serves human safety and dignity — this is for you.
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    10 mins
  • #7 Lead AI. Or be led.

    #7 Lead AI. Or be led.
    Aug 12 2025
    A raw field report on choosing truth over applause and why “agency by design” must sit above data, models and policies. AI proposes. Humans decide. AI has no world-model of responsibility. If we don’t lead it, no one will. In this opener, Christina shares the moment she stopped trading integrity for applause and lays out v1: measurement & evaluation, human-in-the-loop instrumentation, a developmental layer prototype, and a public audit trail.
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    11 mins
  • # 6 - Rethinking AI Safety: The Conscious Architecture Approach

    # 6 - Rethinking AI Safety: The Conscious Architecture Approach
    Aug 4 2025
    In this episode of Agentic – Ethical AI Leadership and Human Wisdom, we dismantle one of the biggest myths in AI safety: that alignment alone will protect us from the risks of AGI. Drawing on the warnings of Geoffrey Hinton, real-world cases like the Dutch Childcare Benefits Scandal and Predictive Policing in the UK, and current AI safety research, we explore: Why AI alignment is a fragile construct prone to bias transfer, loopholes, and a false sense of security How “epistemic blindness” has already caused real harm – and will escalate with AGI Why ethics must be embedded directly into the core architecture, not added as an afterthought How Conscious AI integrates metacognition, bias-awareness, and ethical stability into its own reasoning Alignment is the first door. Without Conscious AI, it might be the last one we ever open.
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    10 mins
  • #5 - Conscious AI or Collaps?

    #5 - Conscious AI or Collaps?
    Jul 27 2025
    What happens when performance outpaces wisdom? This episode explores why psychological maturity – not more code – is the key to building AI we can actually trust. From systemic bias and trauma-blind scoring to the real risks of Europe falling behind, this isn’t a theoretical debate. It’s the defining choice of our time. Listen in to learn: why we’re coding Conscious AI as an operating system, what role ego-development plays in AI governance, and who we’re looking for to help us build it. If you’re a tech visionary, values-driven investor, or founder with real stamina: this is your call. 🔗 Deep dive, sources & contact: https://linktr.ee/brandmind_official
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    7 mins
  • #4 - Navigating the Future of Consciousness-Aligned AI

    #4 - Navigating the Future of Consciousness-Aligned AI
    Jul 20 2025
    hat if the future of AI isn’t just about intelligence, but inner maturity? In this powerful episode of Agentic AI, Christina Hoffmann challenges the current narrative around AGI and digital transformation. While tech leaders race toward superintelligence, they ignore a critical truth: A mind without emotional maturity is not safe, no matter how intelligent. We dive into: 🧠 Why 70–85% of digital and AI initiatives are already failing, and why more data, more tech, and more automation won’t solve this 🧭 The psychological blind spots in corporate leadership that make AI dangerous — not because of malice, but immaturity 🌀 What ego development stages tell us about AI safety and how we can build a consciousness-aligned AGI 📊 Why the DACH region is falling behind despite record investment in AI — and what leaders must do now to regain trust 🧬 How Christina and her team at BrandMind are building a psychometric operating system for AI – combining motivation theory, personality architecture and ego development into scalable machine models This is not futurism. This is strategic urgency. As we approach the turning point of AGI and systemic collapse, Christina lays out a clear vision for a new era of psychologically informed leadership — and the architecture of emotionally responsible AI.
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    17 mins
  • #3 - Navigating Leadership in Superintelligent AI - The Ethical Approach

    #3 - Navigating Leadership in Superintelligent AI - The Ethical Approach
    Jul 14 2025
    Explores how leaders must evolve beyond traditional practices to ethically guide AI development and ensure humanity's positive future alongside superintelligent systems. Explores why outdated leadership models pose an existential risk in the age of AGI and how radical honesty, long-term thinking, and inner maturity form the only real path forward for guiding superintelligence.
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    14 mins