10/17/24 Conversationality: What's scary (and NOT scary) about the rise of AI

This week Jory Des Jardins and I welcomed another friends we’re known for 20 years, Optionality member

susan mernit

. Like our guest two weeks ago, Brian Solis, we have had a front row seat to watch Susan’s evolution. She’s been an executive at big Internet companies; she’s consulted; she’s founded and led locally-focused non-profit organizations, and now, having “retired” from her last big executive director position, she is combining her interests. Consider Susan the AI Guide for non-profit and small-to-medium businesses, helping resource-constrained organizations do more, creatively and ethically.

In honor of Halloween, we wanted to have Susan on #Conversationality to help us know what is scary about the rise of AI, and what is not! She covers a lot of bases in this conversation:

• Her favorite AI tools, and how she uses them

• We tackle the three big scaries people mention most when discussing AI…misinformation/AI hallucination, AI as layoff machine, and IP theft

• But she also gives some really practical use cases for the kind of folks she works with as clients. I guarantee you may want to try one of them the second the video is done.

Find Susan:
Website: susanmernit.com
Substack: Cover Your Bases
@susanmernit on Threads
Susan Mernit on LinkedIn

Join us in two weeks for the next Conversationality on November 14.

We stream on LinkedIn every other Thursday at 1PM PT then share via Substack.

Join Optionality as a Premium member and get access to Susan’s AI coaching at an exclusive rate. Susan is part of more than a dozen Optionality Premium members offering their expertise in micro-learning chunks as part of the Optionality WisdomExchange. Learn more here: