# Use AI. Don't let it use you: Esther Dyson on human limits in an age of artificial scale

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Podcast: [StartUp Health NOW Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/startup-health-now-podcast-588908)
Published: 2026-06-05T19:25:13+00:00
Episode link: https://media.startuphealth.com/podcast/s/startup_health_now_podcast/use_ai_don_t_let_it_use_you_esther_dyson_on_human_limits_in_an_age_of_artificial_scale
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What does it mean to build technology that serves human life rather than consuming it? In this episode, Esther Dyson, investor, thinker, and StartUp Health Impact Board member, joins co-founder Unity Stoakes and members of the StartUp Health community ...

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