Awe as Intelligence: Reclaiming Wonder in the Age of Automation & Machines

Why AI Needs Philosophy Now More Than Ever

Philosopher Madeleine Ley joins Felicia to explore AI’s deeper tensions: the false binary between nature and technology, the dismissal of care in tech culture, and the spiritual “disturbance” AI is revealing in us. A provocative conversation on slowing down, reclaiming alignment, and reshaping AI through relational, ecological, and human intelligence.

Awe as Intelligence: Reclaiming Wonder in the Age of Automation & Machines

When we talk about AI, we often focus on logic-scale-speed. But what if one of the most advanced forms of intelligence we can cultivate right now is awe? That same wonder we felt as children may hold the key to designing AI and systems that serve life, not consume it. In this week’s AI-Powered Women Podcast, I speak with Laura François on awe as intelligence—dissolving ego, expanding perception, and reshaping leadership for the century ahead.

Sabotage, Fear, and Burnout: What AI Leaders Aren’t Hearing from Their Teams

As companies race to integrate AI, employees are burning out, questioning their roles, and even sabotaging corporate AI strategies. In the latest AI-Powered Women podcast with Dr. Marissa Alert, we unpack why wellness perks feel like “umbrellas in a hurricane,” how 31% of employees admit to sabotaging AI strategies, and what leaders must do to close the trust gap.

Indigenous Wisdom: A Missing Link in AI and Climate Action?

On this week’s AI-Powered Women podcast, I had a fascinating conversation with Dr. Ezgi Canpolat, an anthropologist and World Bank climate change lead bridging Indigenous knowledge, climate, and AI. She reminds us that indigenous women, though often the most impacted by climate change, carry knowledge that has strengthened community resilience for generations & has the potential to bridge us to greater collective and planetary wellbeing.

AI Twins and the Human Superpower of Caring: Will We Lose Ourselves or Redefine Value?

AI Twins and the Human Superpower of Caring: Will We Lose Ourselves or Redefine Value? In this episode of the AI-Powered Women Podcast, I talk with Natalie Monbiot—founder of Virtual Human Economy and AI avatar pioneer—about how AI twins can scale our presence, why caring is the one superpower machines can’t replicate, and how women can lead in shaping new systems of value in the age of AI.