In Futures Thinking we use CLA by Sohail Inayatullah to layer worldviews in with litanies of topics, along with their systems and myths. But are our worldviews changing as we train our minds using AI?
Most people think AI sounds American because many early voice systems were trained, designed, and commercialised through U.S.-based companies and datasets.
But AI does not inherently belong to one accent, one nation, or one worldview.
Increasingly, AI reflects the culture, cadence, and communication style of the person interacting with it.
So I imagined asking people from different cultures one simple question:
“What is the future?”
The answers were all different.
Australian:
Practical collaboration between people, technology, and the environment.
Irish:
A shared story we choose to believe in before it arrives.
American:
Bold innovation moving faster than the problems ahead.
New Zealander:
Balance between progress, people, and the land.
Chinese:
Long-term harmony between innovation, stability, and collective prosperity.
Then I asked another question:
“What voice does AI itself speak in?”
Perhaps the answer is this:
AI increasingly speaks in the cultural rhythm of the person engaging with it.
The future may not be one dominant global voice.
It may be humanity finally learning how to speak meaningfully with itself through new forms of intelligence.
Originally published on LinkedIn: Dr Colin Russo on LinkedIn