AI, Software, & Wetware Interview Series
Overview and an up-to-date set of links to all published and pending interviews (audio and written) for the AI, Software, & Wetware series
About the “AI, Software, & Wetware” (AISW) Interview Series
Quick links
Call for Participation
AI is so pervasive nowadays, everyone’s entitled to an opinion about AI and has stories to tell. For examples, see “But I don’t use AI: 8 Sets of Examples of Everyday AI, Everywhere”:
Do YOU have an opinion about the benefits and harms of AI tools, or a story to tell about using AI (or having AI use your info and content)? See the guest FAQ, and let’s chat about you being a featured guest in a future interview! Or if you know someone whose voice should be heard about AI, please share the FAQ with them. Technical backgrounds or expertise are not required.
Note: For purposes of these interviews, “AI” encompasses traditional data analytics, statistical methods, and machine learning as well as generative AI and other non-generative AI. If you’re not sure if an experience is relevant, see our AI Glossary or ask me. But it probably is — even if your experience is the intentional avoidance of AI.
About These Interviews
Our AI, Software, & Wetware (AISW) interview series was launched on August 1, 2024. This page is updated with links whenever new interview posts are published.
The series goal is to provide a reality check on how AI affects people worldwide: how they use AI in personal and professional contexts, whether they have any ethical concerns using AI, and how they feel about AI companies using their data and content.
These interviews aim to include a diverse set of people — of all genders, from many locations worldwide, and across a broad range of roles, occupations, and industries. (Here’s a zoomable map of the geographic locations for interview guests to date, in progress, and planned.)
For an overview on AI ethics, see “Top 5 things to know about AI ethics”:
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2024 Interviews - Season One
2024-08-01: 🗣️ 🇺🇸 AISW#001 Kathy Gerstorff (Indie Author Insider), USA-based (Indiana) guerilla marketing coach ‘WriterKat’
2024-08-05: 📜 🇺🇸 AISW#002 Anonymous1, USA-based (Pittsburgh, PA) 2nd year medical student
2024-08-08: 🗣️ 🇺🇸 AISW#003 Stella Fosse (Creative Crones with Stella Fosse), USA-based (North Carolina) multi-book author (fiction and non-fiction)
2024-08-12: 📜 🇺🇸 AISW#004 Anonymous2, USA-based (NYC) creative strategist
2024-08-15: 🗣️ 🇩🇪 AISW#005 Ralf Gitzel, Germany-based industrial software researcher
2024-08-19: 📜 🇺🇸 AISW#006 Jermaine Allgood, USA-based (Washington) software technologist and creative
2024-08-22: 🗣️ 🇮🇹 AISW#007 Angeline Corvaglia, Italy-based founder of Data Girl And Friends
2024-08-26: 📜 🇨🇦 AISW#008 Yanmeng Ba, Canada-based (Ottawa) high-tech product manager
2024-08-29: 🗣 🇺🇸 AISW#009️ Thalia Barry, USA-based (Colorado) Advisory UX (user experience) researcher and independent artist
2024-09-02: 📜 🇸🇪 AISW#010 Sofia Zätterström, Sweden-based strategic tech executive in tech & education
2024-09-05: 🗣️ 🇮🇹 AISW#011 Riccardo Vocca (The Intelligent Friend), Italy-based marketing research assistant
2024-09-09:📜 🇺🇸 AISW#012 Amanda Rose Fadely, USA-based (Florida) aerospace professional, investor, and author (writing on Read the Instructions, and a member of the SmallStack team)
2024-09-12: 🗣 ️🇺🇸 AISW#013 Gilda Alvarez, USA-based (Florida) founder and CEO of ‘Latinas in Data’
2024-09-16: 📜 🇮🇳 AISW#014 Senthil Chidambaram, India-based (Chennai) graph data professional and “EI4AI” evangelist (SENTHIL C on Substack)
2024-09-19: 🗣️ 🇺🇸 AISW#015 Tracy Bannon, USA-based (Pennsylvania) ‘real technologist’
2024-09-23: 📜 🇺🇸 AISW#016 Dr. Mary Marcel, USA-based (Massachusetts) college professor teaching business ethics
2024-09-26: 🗣 🇩🇰 AISW#017 Steph Fuccio, Denmark-based media consultant and author of Chatty and Me: My ChatGPT Exploration on Substack
2024-09-30: 📜 🇺🇸 AISW#018 Anonymous3, USA-based engineering bid manager
2024-10-03: 🗣 ️🇮🇹 AISW#019 Roberto Becchini, Italy-based software architect and artist
2024-10-07: 📜 🇺🇸 AISW#020 Anonymous4, USA-based (Philadelphia, PA) psychotherapist and mother
2024-10-10: 🗣 🇨🇦 AISW#021 Quentin Vandermerwe (Rhythms of Reason), Canada-based (British Columbia) software product manager
2024-10-14: 📜 🇮🇳 AISW#022 Anonymous5, India-based (Bengaluru) cloud software developer
2024-10-17: 🗣 🇨🇦 AISW#023 Rola Shaar, Canada-based (Ottawa) software R&D director
2024-10-21: 📜 🇨🇷 AISW#024 Anonymous6, Costa Rica-based embedded software developer
2024-10-24: 🗣 ️🇨🇦 AISW#025 Kris Holland (Kris' Substack), Canada-based (Ottawa) polymath and technical artist
2024-10-28: 📜 🇮🇳 AISW#026 Prateeti Mohapatra, India-based (Bengaluru) senior research engineer and manager
2024-10-31: 🗣 🇺🇸 ️AISW#027 Dr. Julie Rennecker, USA-based (Ohio) healthcare team advisor & coach
2024-11-04: 📜 🇨🇦 AISW#028 Anonymous7, Canada-based (Ottawa) computer science student
2024-11-07: 🗣 ️🇨🇷 AISW#029, Heiner Leiva, Costa Rica-based AI and data architect
2024-11-14: 📜 🇮🇳 AISW#030 Lakshmi Veeramani, India-based AI architect and leader
2024-11-21: 🗣️ 🇺🇸 AISW#031 Melanie Smiley, USA-based (North Carolina) creative director and graphic designer
2024-11-28: 📜 🇨🇷 AISW#032 Lis Sandi-Diaz, Costa Rica-based program manager
2024-12-05: 🗣 ️🇺🇸 AISW#033 Chris Dalla Riva (Can't Get Much Higher), USA-based (New Jersey) musician and data analyst
2024-12-12: 🗣 🇨🇷 AISW#034 Anyela Vega, Costa Rica-based engineer and entrepreneur
2024-12-19: 🗣 🇺🇸 AISW#035 Paul Chaney (AI Marketing Ethics Digest), USA-based (Louisiana) expert in AI marketing ethics
2024-12-26: 📜️ 🇺🇸 AISW#036 Anonymous8, USA-based (Texas) business development and presales leader in automotive
2025 Interviews - Season Two
2025-01-02: 📜 🇮🇳 ️AISW#037 Arun Mozhi Maruthamuthu, India-based (Bengaluru) senior DevOps engineer
2025-01-09: 🗣 🇺🇸 AISW#038 Evan Miller, USA-based (Pennsylvania) Human Resources and Talent Acquisition leader (no longer available online)
2025-01-16: 🗣 ️🇲🇾 AISW#039 Dr. Kristen Parrish, Malaysia-based (Kuala Lumpur) engineer and technical storyteller
2025-01-20: 📜🇹🇷 AISW #040 Aysu Kececi (Road to Earth 2.0), Turkey-based (Istanbul) sustainability business development consultant (bonus interview)
2025-01-23: 🗣 🇺🇸 AISW#041 Kimberly Andrikaitis, USA-based (North Carolina) agile coach and author
2025-01-27: 🗣 🇮🇪 AISW#042 Carey Lening (Privacat Insights), Ireland-based (Dublin) data privacy expert (bonus interview, in honor of Data Protection Day)
2025-01-30: 🗣 🇺🇸 AISW#043 Annemarie Penny, USA-based (California) entrepreneur, founder, advisor, and investor
2025-02-03: 📜🇵🇭 AISW #044 James Presbitero (Write10x), Philippines-based writer and strategist (bonus interview)
2025-02-06: 🗣 🇺🇸 AISW#045 Devansh (Artificial Intelligence Made Simple),
USA-based (New York City) tech researcher and writer
2025-02-13: 🗣🇦🇹 ️AISW#046 Ronke Babajide (A Better World Tomorrow) - Austria-based (Vienna) cybersecurity leader
2025-02-20: 🗣️🇺🇸 AISW#047 Phil Pallen, USA-based (Florida) branding and marketing strategist
2025-02-27: 🗣️🇬🇧 AISW#048 Marisa Guthrie (The Reluctant Capitalist), UK-based (England) business coach to solopreneurs
2025-03-06: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW#049 Blair Glaser (The Human Intelligence (HI) Stack), USA-based (California) author and leadership coach
2025-03-13: 🗣🇭🇰 AISW#050 Luke Hu, China-based (Hong Kong) technical account manager in finance
2025-03-20: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW#051 Aarna Sahu, USA-based (California) high school student and Founder & CEO of the Aarna’s News podcast
2025-03-27: 📜🇬🇧 AISW #052 Annie Ridout (Raising Neurodivergence andThe Creative Way (with Annie Ridout)), UK-based (London) freelance writer and creative entrepreneur
2025-04-03: 🗣🇳🇿 AISW#053 Erin Spencer (Microdosing Chaos), New Zealand-based PhD student in health sciences
2025-04-10: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW#054 Aaron Wilkerson (Boy Meets Data), USA-based (Michigan) data and analytics leader
2025-04-17: 📜 🇬🇪 AISW#055 Daria Markava (Daria's Tech Musings), Belarusian high school student and AI enthusiast based in Georgia
2025-04-24: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW#056 Jordan Harrod (es machina), USA-based (MIT) PhD candidate, AI consultant, and writer about humans & AI
2025-05-01: 🗣️🇧🇬 AISW#057 Evgeniy Choffski (The Page Mage), Bulgaria-based marketer, writer, and artist
2025-05-08: 📜🇭🇰 AISW#058 Grace Shao (AI Proem), Hong Kong-based AI and tech consultant
2025-05-15: 📜🇺🇸 AISW#059 Anonymous9, USA-based (Seattle) high school teacher
2025-05-22: 🗣🇬🇧 AISW#060 Jing Hu ( 2nd Order Thinkers. ), UK-based (London) independent AI journalist and technologist
2025-05-29: 🗣🇯🇵 AISW #061 Michael Tisher, Japan-based (Tokyo) university professor in math and statistics
2025-06-05: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #062 Jenn Spykerman, USA-based (Colorado) tech executive and consultant
2025-06-12: 🗣🇩🇰 AISW #063 Coach Noemi Apetri 🇩🇰 ( Me Time Coaching: You're the CEO of your own life!, Legally speaking...), Denmark-based (Copenhagen) tech lawyer and coach
2025-06-19: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #064 Pavan Vemuri, USA-based (Michigan) product and technology leader
2025-06-26: 🗣🇬🇧 AISW #065 Natalie Phillips (Plotted Out), UK-based (England) marketing strategist and fantasy fiction writer
2025-07-03: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #066 Marina Vytovtova (Product In Action), USA-based (New York) product leader
2025-07-10: 📜🇦🇺 AISW #067 Liz Sunshine (Our Relationship With Clothes), Australia-based (Melbourne) documentary fashion photographer
2025-07-17: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #068 Srivatsav Nambi, USA-based (Arizona) machine learning engineer
2025-07-24: 🗣🇨🇩 🇿🇦 AISW #069 Rebecca Mbaya, South Africa-based Congolese social innovator and writer
2025-07-31: 📜🇺🇸 Special 1-year anniversary reflection on what’s changed since AISW#001: Kathy Gerstorff (Indie Author Insights)
2025-08-07: 🗣🇦🇺 AISW #070 Jax NiCarthaigh (Towards Gen2200 with Jax), Australian (Canberra) systems thinker
2025-08-14: 🗣🇨🇦 AISW #071 Amanda Jeanne (Squirrel Brain, Chickadee Soul), Canadian (Ontario) artist and retreat facilitator
2025-08-21: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #072 Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva”, USA (Chicago) data privacy and emerging technology expert
2025-08-28: 📜🇺🇸 AISW #073 Dee McCrorey (A Bridge to AI), USA (Silicon Valley) transformation strategist
2025-09-04: 🗣🇦🇺 AISW #074 Gunnar Habitz (Writing in Cafés ☕️ Publish Your Book 📖), Australia (Sydney), 24x author and senior partnership manager
2025-09-11: 🗣🇦🇺 AISW #075, Sue Cunningham, Australia (Melbourne), founder of The Uncertainty Lab
2025-09-18: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #076, Celeste Garcia (Celeste Garcia Getting Real About AI), USA (Seattle), writer
2025-09-25: 📜🏴 AISW #077, Sam Illingworth (Slow AI ), Scotland (Edinburgh), university professor and writer
2025-10-02: 📜🇺🇸 AISW #078, Jeremiah Cioffi, USA (DC), attorney and AI entrepreneur
2025-10-09: 🗣🇵🇪 🇺🇸 AISW #079, Alicia Yanez (Built For Product), Peru / USA (CA, Silicon Valley)
2025-10-16: 🗣🇳🇬 AISW #080, Samuel Theophilus (Nnitiwe's AI Blog), Nigeria (Federal Capital Territory), AI & data engineer
2025-10-23: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #081, KayStoner (What Good Is AI?), USA (Delaware), relational AI architect
2025-10-30: 📜🇷🇴 AISW #082, Mia Kiraki 🎭 (ROBOTS ATE MY HOMEWORK), Romania, founder and CMO at Yahini
2025-11-06: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #083, Steve Matre, USA (IL), property management executive
2025-11-13: 📜🇺🇸 AISW #084, Emily (Dimensional Drift), USA (CA), computational memory researcher
2025-11-20: 🗣🇩🇰 AISW #085, Tobias Mark Jensen (Futuristic Lawyer), Denmark, independent legal consultant and communicator
2025-11-27: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #086, Future Cain, USA (Midwest), Social Emotional Leadership and wellness expert
2025-12-04: 🗣🇸🇬 AISW #087, Jean Gan, Singapore, senior legal manager
2025-12-11: 🗣🇩🇪 AISW #088, Dr. Anna Katharina Meyer, Germany (Düsseldorf), sustainability entrepreneur at Finding Sustainia
Upcoming Interviews
Interviews publishing soon:
2025-12-18: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #089, Jessica Parker, PhD, USA (NC), educational researcher
2025-12-25: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #090, Sable Lomax, USA (NYC), leadership consultant and trainer
2026 Interviews - Season Three
Interviews completed and in production:
(publication order is subject to change)
Date TBD: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #091, Janpriya Kaur, USA, Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant and Transpersonal Transformational Catalyst
Date TBD: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #092, Karen Spinner, USA (AR), writer, agency owner, and casual developer
Date TBD: 🗣🇳🇱 AISW #093, Caroline Vrauwdeunt, Netherlands, CEO and project leader in AI, Travel
Date TBD: 🗣🇺🇸 AISW #094, Dr. Salman Azhar, USA (NC), venture capitalist and entrepreneur
Interviews scheduled:
(guests and publication order are subject to change)
Date TBD: 🗣🇨🇦 Haleh Magnus, Canada (BC)
Date TBD: 🗣🇵🇰 Khadija Zaman, Pakistan
Date TBD: 📜🇺🇸 Michelle Buck, USA (Wisconsin)
Date TBD: 🗣🇳🇬 Adekunle Kadri, Nigeria
Date TBD: 🗣🇺🇸 Josh Geisler, USA (NY)
Date TBD: 🗣🇨🇭 Elettra Fiumi, Switzerland
Date TBD: 🗣🇺🇸 Lynn Marie Sager, USA (Hawaii)
Date TBD: 🗣🇨🇱 Catalina Páez Plaza, Chile (Santiago)
Date TBD: 🗣🇺🇸 Bonnie Marcus, USA (CA)
Date TBD: 🗣🇺🇸 Justin G. Cobbs, USA (DC)
Date TBD: 📜🇪🇸 Marcos F. Lobo, Spain, software developer
Date TBD: 📜🇺🇸 Rachel Harris, USA (Missouri)
Maybe YOU? Please see the guest FAQ and DM Karen Smiley if you’d like to be featured as a guest in 2026!
Publishing Schedule
The AI, Software, & Wetware (AISW) interview series was launched on August 1, 2024. This page is updated weekly with links whenever new interview posts are published.
An audio 🗣️ or text 📜 interview will be published on Thursdays at 6:06am ET.
On occasion, a bonus text-only 📜 interview may be published on a Monday at 6:06pm ET.
The “AI, Software, & Wetware” LinkedIn newsletter is also updated weekly on Thursdays, typically in the ET evenings, with links to new interviews for the past week.
Some interviews are also publicized on Bluesky and other social media, such as Mastodon or Medium.
Audio interviews are available in the AI6P podcast on Substack, and usually also available in the AI6P external podcasts (Apple, etc.). All audio interview posts include full human-edited transcripts.
For those who prefer listening to reading: Substack now supports read-aloud natively in the Substack app. Give the “Cora” voice a try on the written-only interviews.
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This is such a cool project. Usually the spotlight stays on tech leaders, but this captures how AI is actually showing up in people’s lives and work. Subscribed and bookmarking a few of these interviews so I can dive into them soon
I'm honored to be included in this thoughtful series, Karen. Looking forward to finalizing our interview date and joining such an inspiring mix of transformation strategists, technologists, systems thinkers, and creative minds exploring the evolving intersections of AI, ethics, and human potential!