Nikola Danaylov Keynote at VSIM 25: From Content to Context, STEM to STEAM
Nikola Danaylov (“Socrates”) – Futurist, Author, and Host of Singularity.FM – delivers a 20 min virtual keynote at VSIM 25:
From Content to Context, STEM to STEAM: Asking Why in the Age of AI.
In an era where AI generates infinite content at the click of a button, humanity faces a paradox: more information than ever, yet less clarity, meaning, and purpose.
If content is everywhere, then context is everything — and context is the uniquely human act of framing reality, assigning value, and asking “why.”
In this talk, Nikola Danaylov (aka “the Larry King of the Singularity”) explores why AI can process data but cannot create meaning, and why our future depends on reclaiming the missing “A” in STEM — the Arts and Humanities.
Drawing on parables, neuroscience, Renaissance history, and personal experience, Nikola argues that the real frontier of AI is not technical but ethical and philosophical.
The challenge isn’t how to make machines answer more questions — it’s how humans learn to ask better ones.
🕐 Video Timeline:
00:00 – Introduction in Bulgarian
06:04 – Main keynote in English
34:10 – Q&A session in Bulgarian
🎯 Key Takeaways:
AI generates content; only humans can create context.
Computer science isn’t about computers — it’s about choices.
To build a human future, we must reunite STEM with the missing “A.”
Wisdom, not intelligence, will decide our survival.
Special thanks to Prof. Angel Marchev Sr. and Prof. Angel Marchev Jr., who graciously invited me to their fantastic annual conference in Ravda, Bulgaria. I’m looking forward to the day I can attend in person.
