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🎙️What AI Can't Give You: Part 1: Jeff Burningham on Faith, Identity, and the Human Problem
🎙️What AI Can't Give You: Jeff Burningham on Faith, Identity, and the Human Problem
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What if the real crisis of artificial intelligence is not technological at all, but spiritual?
Description:
Artificial intelligence is accelerating faster than any technology in human history. But according to Jeff Burningham, the real threat is not that machines will outperform us. The real threat is that we will forget what it means to be human.
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In this intimate and often surprising conversation, Jeff recounts the collapse of the life he built. The pressure of building companies, chasing success, running for Governor, and tying his identity to constant doing finally broke him apart. What followed was not a business pivot but a spiritual reckoning that reshaped how he sees himself, his faith, and his place in a world racing toward automation.
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Together, Jeff Burningham and Dov Baron explore why the future belongs to people who cultivate wisdom, humility, and soul. AI will not destroy humanity. It will reveal the parts of ourselves we have avoided: our longing, our fear, our beliefs, and our inability to sit quietly in our own presence.
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This episode is for anyone who has ever wondered who they would be without their achievements, their title, or their constant motion.
🔥 In This Episode
• Why Jeff believes AI is a mirror rather than a replacement
• How losing his sense of identity forced a complete spiritual reset
• The hidden burnout of high performers who never stop doing
• Why the soul, not the mind, is the key to the next era of leadership
• How faith, doubt, and awakening shaped Jeff's view of the future
• Why success can become an emotional hiding place
• What it means to raise AI responsibly
• The danger of confusing constant achievement with meaning
👊 About Jeff Burningham
Entrepreneur, investor, gubernatorial candidate, and author of The Last Book Written by a Human, Jeff Burningham spent decades building companies and chasing momentum until the weight of it forced him to examine the deeper questions he had been outrunning. His work now focuses on what technology cannot replace: soul, wisdom, responsibility, and the courage to be fully human.
💥 Listen If You Have Ever
• Wondered who you are without your achievements
• Felt something inside you break under the pressure to perform
• Questioned the role of faith or spirituality in modern leadership
• Feared being replaced or forgotten in a rapidly changing world
• Wanted to stop running and start listening to your life
💭 Reflection Challenge
If AI only reflects what is already inside you, what is it showing you right now?
🔗 Connect with Jeff Burningham
Website: https://jeffburningham.com
Social: @JeffBurningham
Book: The Last Book Written by a Human
🧠 Apple Podcast Keywords and Discovery Tags
#TheDovBaronShow #JeffBurningham #TheLastBookWrittenByAHuman #ArtificialIntelligence #Humanity #Identity #Faith #Awakening #PurposeDrivenLeadership
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