Everyday Ethical AI

The Curious Case of Pangram [guest post]

What Substack writers think about the new Pangram AI detector - a digest of 17 articles spanning support, hesitation, cautious refusal, and outright…

Aug 1 • Karen Smiley and Daria's Tech Musings

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July 2026

Why I won’t be using Pangram AI scoring

TL;DR Biases, profits, IP protection, lack of consent, and my answers to the 5 questions I asked my subscribers

Jul 22 • Karen Smiley

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What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Started My Career in Tech

Tina Sharma shares lessons she's learned about shaping her tech career (guest post collaboration)

Jul 19 • Karen Smiley and Tina Sharma

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June 2026

Protecting ourselves from 2 key risks of AI tool dependency

What we can do about 2 risks of AI tool dependency: cognitive effects and tool access disruption (Part 2 of 2-article series)

Jun 19 • Karen Smiley

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Eyeglasses and LLMs considered harmful?

How reliance on LLMs for our daily lives or livelihoods is like wearing eyeglasses. (Part 1 of 2-article series)

Jun 17 • Karen Smiley

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May 2026

Why AI Robots Won't Solve Our Elder Care Crisis

A rant based on seeing too many hype-filled videos by people and companies who have no clue what it takes to care for elderly or disabled people

May 27 • Karen Smiley

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April 2026

Protecting your privacy from Google’s partners

Google rolled out a new privacy setting this week for users. Here's how to check if you were opted IN by default to sharing your data (as I was 🙄), and…

Apr 24 • Karen Smiley

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March 2026

International Women's Day 2026

Data on women's legal rights around the world. Spoiler: "No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women and girls"

Mar 8 • Karen Smiley

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🗣️ AISW recap: 100 interviews on everyday ethical AI

Special audio interview by Lakshmi Veeramani with AI, Software, & Wetware host Karen Smiley on her first 100 interviews (audio; 23:24)

Published on 6 'P's in AI Pods (AI6P) • Mar 6

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February 2026

📢 Announcement: Volume 1 in the She Writes AI Everywhere book series is here!

Now open for preorders: "AI Everywhere, Volume 1: How Women Are Changing The World With Artificial Intelligence". 100% women & nonbinary authors on how…

Feb 28 • Karen Smiley

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January 2026

What's next in 2026: AI Everywhere (pre-announcement)

SheWritesAI collaborative book #1 coming soon: 24 chapters by women and nonbinary authors from 14 countries with fresh viewpoints on AI, from history to…

Jan 19 • Karen Smiley

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December 2025

PLANETcollab ep. 2 w/ Karen Smiley

Everyday AI isn’t just for tech giants. Everyday AI has to be about ethics, agency, and practical choices for families, small businesses, and…

Published on PLANETcollab • Dec 31, 2025