AI Doesn't Know What Empathy Looks Like

About this episode

Tina-Marie Gulley discusses building a more equitable tech industry with Eric Ressler.

Technology promised to close the digital divide, but too often the people building it don't reflect the communities affected by it. Tina-Marie Gulley, former CEO of Ada Developers Academy, sits down with Eric to talk about what it takes to build a more intentional, equitable tech industry, from embedding AI into nonprofit curriculum to running hackathons that solve real problems for community organizations. Episode Highlights: [00:01:00] From corporate marketing to nonprofit CEO: how a comput...

People in this episode

Host: Eric Ressler

Guest: Tina-Marie Gulley

Topics covered

• technology
• equity
• nonprofit
• AI
• community engagement

Keywords

• AI
• empathy
• digital divide
• nonprofit curriculum
• hackathons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ada Developers Academy

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