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Wow. Ok, please don't be mad, but... Tony Robbins is probably the last person I’d want teaching midlife women about AI. Is Sherry Turkle at this conference? It looks like mostly dudes. Because SHERRY is who you want.

Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, and the founding Director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. A specialist in social robotics and generative AI, she is currently at work on a new book on artificial intimacy for Little, Brown and Company. Professor Turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Professor Turkle writes on the “subjective side” of people’s relationships with technology, especially computers. She is an expert on culture and therapy, mobile technology, and social networking. Her most recent book, The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir (Penguin Press, March 2021), ties together her personal story with her groundbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics.

This woman has serious receipts. And sorry for the soapbox... I just think women with decades of experience in the field need to be leading this, not scammy coach dudes with perma-tans?

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