AI for Equity
Podcast Description
AI for Equity is the intergenerational podcast where technology meets justice. Co-hosted by Leah-Sunshine Garrett and Jenny Garrett OBE, we explore how artificial intelligence can be used to drive diversity, equity, and inclusion—rather than deepen existing inequalities.
Each episode features thought-provoking conversations with innovators, researchers, and change-makers working at the intersection of AI and social justice. Whether we're unpacking algorithmic bias, discussing inclusive design, or spotlighting grassroots solutions, AI for Equity challenge
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the realm of artificial intelligence. Episodes tackle specific issues such as algorithmic bias, inclusive design practices, and grassroots solutions for social justice. For example, the episode featuring Aarti Samani delves into the complexities of deepfake technology and its implications for trust and workplace safety.
AI for Equity is the intergenerational podcast where technology meets justice. Co-hosted by Leah-Sunshine Garrett and Jenny Garrett OBE, we explore how artificial intelligence can be used to drive equity and inclusion – rather than deepen existing inequalities.
Each episode features thought-provoking conversations with innovators, researchers, and change-makers working at the intersection of AI and social justice. Whether we’re unpacking algorithmic bias, discussing inclusive design, or spotlighting grassroots solutions, AI for Equity challenge
Contact : [email protected]
What does it take to bring AI into a team without losing the people inside it?
In this episode of AI for Equity, we're joined by Richard De Villiers, a facilitator and consultant who helps organisations rethink collaboration in remote and hybrid settings. With a background spanning IT and HR, Richard works at the meeting point of people, process, and technology, and he has strong views on getting that order right.
We talk through his mindset, method, and means framework: building a culture that can absorb change, designing clear processes for how AI actually gets used, and making sure the tools are accessible enough that nobody feels left behind. Richard also makes the case for reframing AI as IA, the intelligent assistant, a shift that moves the technology from threat to support and changes who feels in control of it.
Along the way we get into employee fear and why it deserves to be taken seriously rather than managed away, the difference between AI working in isolation and AI genuinely complementing human judgement, and why intentional design beats enthusiastic adoption every time.
If you lead a team, sit on one, or are trying to work out what AI should and shouldn't touch in your organisation, this one is for you.
Listen now, and let us know where you land on AI versus IA.
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