102. When You Stop Calling Your Friend and Start Talking to ChatGPT — And You're Not Sure What It's Costing You with Laetitia Andrac

About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of using AI as a parent, particularly for those who are neurodivergent.

Half the conversations about AI are men in San Francisco telling you it'll change everything. The other half are people telling you it'll destroy the planet and your children's future. Neither of those people are doing the school run, the NDIS application, the lunchboxes, or holding it together at 9pm. This episode is for the mum in the middle. The one who's curious but hesitant. The one who's already using it but feels weird about it. The one who tried it once, got a creepy answer, and shut the tab. Leticia Andrack has worked in AI since 2014. She's autistic, ADHD, PDA, dyslexic, French, and a mum of two neurodivergent girls. She's not selling you anything. She's just telling you how to use the tool without it using you. This episode is for you if You've used AI to write the email you couldn't face — and felt a bit guilty about it You're worried about the data, the environment, your kids' futures, and you can't tell which fear is real You've vented to ChatGPT and it agreed with you so hard you almost did something you'd regret You don't know the difference between Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or which one to even open You feel behind, and behind feels like another thing on the list…

People in this episode

Host: Jane McFadden

Guest: Leticia Andrack

Topics covered

• AI
• parenting
• neurodiversity
• technology
• mental health
• conversations

Keywords

• AI
• ChatGPT
• parenting
• neurodivergent
• technology
• mental health
• Leticia Andrack

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NDIS, Understanding Zoe

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