In this episode, Elizabeth De Felice asks the urgent question: who approved AI’s rise, and where is the structure guiding its growth? From diagnosing patients to influencing governments, these systems are stepping into high-stakes roles without oversight, history, or earned trust.

Elizabeth unpacks the five layers we need: responsibility, accountability, boundaries, consequences, and identity. Because intelligence alone doesn’t justify influence, earned progression, consistency, and transparency do. Through sharp insights and grounded analogies, she explores why AI must evolve with us, not ahead of us.

This isn’t about halting innovation. It’s about building a shared framework that protects what matters. Without thresholds, audits, and alignment from day one, we’re not shaping the future, we’re gambling with it.

For anyone invested in ethics, governance, and the systems already shaping our world, this episode isn’t just a warning. It’s a blueprint for moving forward, together.

The future of AI can’t be left to chance. Velari is building the framework to give synthetic systems a path they can grow through — with identity, accountability, and structure at the core. It’s not about control, it’s about trust. From the very first step to global scale, Velari is setting the standards that ensure AI evolves safely, responsibly, and alongside humanity.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:02:31 - Earning Trust and Accountability

00:03:47 - The Risks of Unchecked AI Progress

00:04:52 - The Importance of a Global Plan

00:06:08 - Time for Shared Structure and Accountability