Show Notes

September 11, 2025: What happens when an 11-year-old defines AI better than most executives?

Meet Harper Schmidt, who calls AI "hollow - the absence of life, but also an idea maker." In this groundbreaking episode of Flourish Sound Bytes, healthcare tech entrepreneur Kristen Schmidt and her daughter Harper reveal why we're dangerously unprepared for AI's impact on the next generation. This mother-daughter duo exposes the gap between AI's rapid development and youth preparedness.

The future of healthcare is being shaped by the decisions we make today. Are we preparing the right leaders?

First mother-daughter team. Youngest guest ever. Most important conversation yet.

Listen now.

Key Points:

1. 0:00 Meet Our Youngest Guest Ever
2. 1:00 The AI Classroom Experiment
3. 5:00 The Mom Lens: Who Will This Hurt?
4. 9:43 AI is Hollow
5. 13:05 Dreaming in Biotechnology
6. 16:06 We Thought We Had More Time

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