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How ’80s Era TV Shows Prepared Me to Lead in the Age of AI

How ’80s Era TV Shows Prepared Me to Lead in the Age of AI

Written by Dr. Melik Peter Khoury

I didn’t learn about AI from textbooks or TED Talks. I learned about it from prime-time television. What started as entertainment became a framework for thinking…

Long before AI became a strategic imperative, I was unknowingly preparing for this moment. Not in graduate school or executive training programs, but on my family’s couch, watching stories that would become my leadership framework decades later.

These weren’t educational programs. They were pure entertainment. But embedded in the special effects and storylines were profound lessons about intelligence, responsibility, and the relationship between humans and machines. Today, as I lead an institution through AI-driven transformation, I realize those childhood hours weren’t wasted time. They were preparation for the challenges we’re facing right now.

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