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Professor & poet in Edinburgh. Creator of the Slow AI Curriculum for Critical AI Literacy. Author of GenAI in Higher Education (Bloomsbury, 2026).
Exploring ChatGPT. Science, Physics, AI. Images by DALL-E.
Chronic wanderlust, deeply curious, boundless energy | Former Sesame Street, Netflix, PBS Kids | Mom (teen girl and English bulldog) | Doctorate in education.
I help professionals make AI work for them without losing themselves | Human-Centered AI Readiness and Transformation (HART) Framework | Stanford behavioral science PhD + data science and AI
I'm here in this AI moment with you. I'm a journalist and storyteller. I've written for The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Today’s Parent, Channel 4, the CBC, and more. In Human+AI, I write about how AI is changing society.
Literature, learning, and domestic ambition, without apology.
AI builder • Vibe Coder • Make money with AI • I turn friction into practical AI systems, and help you achieve the same.
You were built for range — not a box. Writing and live discussions on brand, neurodiversity, AI, reinvention, and the systems shaping work. D1 athlete, HR insider, BTA founder. Lived experience, not medical advice. \ud83d\udc26\ud83d\udd25
Top Substack AI strategy coach & fractional AI Officer (jsalinas.org). 2x founder. Creator of the AI Leadership Triad. Writing for leaders who want to apply human-centered AI strategy \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf4 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8
Decoding the grammar of power. Applying business strategy with pragmatics & sociolinguistics to expose how authority is constructed across corporate & AI ecosystems. Views my own, not my employer’s.
AI builder with mixed feelings about AI. Agency owner (custom software, product messaging). Creator of CarouselBot, a tool that turns your posts into LinkedIn carousels.
A lawyer-writer exposing the emotional truth of modern work. Where law, identity, and survival collide. Mother. Storyteller. Writing from the messy middle of life, and questioning how we lead, what we value, and the systems we serve.
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