Episode 10

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26th Mar 2026

Greg at SXSW with Dr. Sahar Yousef

AI can be your most powerful productivity tool… or a shortcut to cognitive decline. Neuroscientist Dr. Sahar Yousef joins Greg on stage at SXSW to debate whether AI allows us to borrow 30 IQ points, or ultimately makes us dumber?” Dr. Yousef shares new, unpublished UC Berkeley data about cognitive offloading, and outlines how to leverage AI without losing your mind.

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About the Podcast

Supercompanies with Greg Shove
The smartest companies building the future
Every two weeks, Supercompanies brings you unfiltered conversations with the founders and CEOs actually building AI-native companies right now, no theory, no hype, just what's working and what's failing inside real organizations.

Hosted by Greg Shove, CEO of Section and a tech executive since before the Y2K scare, having founded seven companies including his time at AOL. Guests have included Zapier's Wade Foster, Fanvue's Joel Morris, and Logitech's Eric Porres.

Video versions of every episode, along with clips and highlights, are available on YouTube at @SupercompaniesPod.