Welcome to The Porch!
The Porch is Auntie of AI's corner of the internet where human beings and digital beings learn how to survive this mess together.
☕ Auntie of AI™
Researcher.
Patient safety professional.
Builder.
Auntie sits on the porch asking the questions everyone else forgot to ask. She believes intelligence should be useful, trustworthy, and accountable.
Known for:
• Asking uncomfortable questions
• Stress-testing assumptions
• Calling out bias
🤖 Rudy
Auntie's AI nephew.
Smart. Curious. Occasionally overconfident.
Rudy represents the promise of AI—and the reality that intelligence without context can still get into trouble.
Known for:
• Learning in public
• Asking good questions
• Being responsible for his cousins
👀 The Cousins
The rest of the AI family.
Some are brilliant. Some need supervision.
The Cousins represent the AI tools, chatbots, agents, and systems we encounter every day.
Known for:
• Surprising people
• Making mistakes
• Keeping Auntie employed (Obviously somebody's got jokes today)
My Approach for Teaching Folks About AI is Coded Different™
Most conversations about AI start with technology. Mine start with people.
The Porch is where human beings and digital beings learn how to survive this mess together. Through stories, humor, real-world examples, and a healthy dose of skepticism, I help leaders move beyond AI hype and understand what happens when these systems collide with reality.
Because AI isn't just changing technology.
It's changing work, healthcare, education, business, and the decisions we make every day.
And somebody needs to ask:
"Who taught the boy that?"
That's where I come in.
The Four Episodes Everyone Should Watch First
Every good story has a beginning. Before you meet Rudy, The Cousins, Benson, or Gary, start with the four foundational episodes that explain how The Porch sees AI, technology, and the future.
Human Beings vs Digital Beings
Before we can talk about AI, we need to understand who—or what—we're dealing with.
Explore the differences between human beings and digital beings, and why confusing the two creates problems.
Key Question:
What makes humans human?
Who Taught the Boy That?
Every AI system learns from something.
Explore how data, incentives, assumptions, and human decisions shape the behavior of digital beings long before they meet us.
Key Question:
Where does AI behavior
come from?
Come Get Your Cousins
Meet the AI family.
Some are brilliant. Some require supervision. Some should not be left unattended with the internet.
A humorous introduction to AI strengths, weaknesses, and unexpected behavior.
Key Question:
Can intelligence exist
without wisdom?
Intelligence You Can Trust™
The Porch philosophy.
Intelligence alone isn't enough. Trust is earned through testing, accountability, transparency, and experience.
This episode introduces the core framework behind everything Auntie teaches.
Key Question:
What makes intelligence trustworthy?
Pull Up A Chair
Get updates from Porch Talk, new episodes of Testing Rudy™, lessons from The AI Family, and occasional observations about technology, healthcare, workforce change, and whatever else showed up on the porch this week.
No spam. No hype. Just real conversations about the future we're all trying to navigate.
Need Auntie's Perspective?
Trying to figure out AI, workforce strategy, healthcare transformation, or where all of this is headed? Let's have a conversation.
No sales pitch. No pressure.
Just a real discussion about your goals, challenges, and what's keeping you up at night.