Women talkin' 'bout AI

Two women examining AI through a lens of power, not just capability. Why deepfakes target women. How bias gets baked in. What tech companies aren't saying. Kimberly brings corpus linguistics; Jessica brings strategy. Both bring skepticism, feminism, research expertise, and a refusal to take the hype at face value.

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Podcasting since 2024 • 55 episodes

Women talkin' 'bout AI

Latest Episodes

Why Good Intentions Don't Stop Data Centers (or Bad AI Writing

We're back from a few weeks off (I went to Florida, Jessica bought a new house and went to a psilocybin retreat — more on that below) with a wide-ranging catch-up that ends up circling one idea: Incentives matter more than intentions. We trace ...

June 24, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 25 • 1:07:05

Confidently Wrong: AI, Uncertainty, and Open Source

This is a special episode of WTBAI in which Kimberly sits down with her former colleague Derek Hanson to unpack what language research reveals about today’s AI systems, and together they consider where builders risk going wrong.Kimberly ...

June 17, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 24 • 46:23

Motherhood and Higher Ed Burnout in an AI Moment

In this episode, Kimberly Becker and Professor Laura Dumin pull back the curtain on motherhood, higher ed burnout, and AI's effects on teaching. They talk pretty candidly about midcareer life with Laura sharing the reality of juggling three int...

June 10, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 23 • 55:57

The Pope Joins the Chat that Women Were Already Having

When Pope Leo XIV released Magnifica Humanitas, his landmark encyclical on AI and human dignity, it lit up LinkedI...

June 03, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 22 • 54:18

AI Voice Cloning: Trust, Persuasion, and Who's at Risk

When you call your bank, your doctor's office, or your financial planner, the voice that greets you may have been deliberately engineered to make you feel safe, calm, and compliant — and you almost certainly can't tell.

May 27, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 21 • 44:47

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