Tea and Tech Podcast

Tea and Tech Season 5 ~ Episode 4

Let's explore what I call the "AI Perfection Paradox" - and why the real question isn’t whether AI is perfect. It’s what environments we build around it. Shape the environment. Shape the outcome.

Tea and Tech Season 5 ~ Episode 3

AI doesn’t destroy. But that doesn’t mean technology is neutral.  And the legal reasoning in this case is starting to draw a line that I think we should understand - Because the jury didn’t say the…

Tea and Tech Season 5 ~ Episode 2

AI Doesn’t Decide. Humans Do.   Part One

Tea and Tech Season 5 ~ Episode 1

This season is about moving fast — without losing our judgment. For Seasons 5, we’ll explore what stewardship looks like when AI moves from the lab into government decisions that affect millions of pe…

Tea and Tech ~ Season 4 ~ Anniversary Podcast

Today’s episode is a special one for me. Tea & Tech is four years old. Four years of conversations about technology, business, AI — and the human side of all of it. And honestly… the number of…

Tea and Tech Season 4 ~ Episode 8

I want to talk about what I’m calling the invisible pivot. For the past couple of years, AI has lived at the tip of the spear when it comes to fear. Fear of replacement. Fear of loss of control. Fear…

Tea and Tech Season 4 ~ Episode 7

A validation loop is simple.  You do something.   You get immediate feedback.  You learn what is rewarded.   You repeat. Likes, Views,  Scores,  Rankings,  XP,  Badges,  Leaderboards None of this is i…

Tea and Tech Season 4 ~ Episode 6

Youth don’t need more features on applications. They need less friction, more safety, and design that understands them without manipulating them.

Tea and Tech Season 4 ~ Episode 5

Every generation has had its vulnerabilities — but this one is different. Today’s youth aren’t just growing up with technology — they’re growing up inside it. And for some — especially those with…

Tea and Tech Season 4 ~ Episode 4

Today’s episode - It’s a big one. We’re climbing what I call The Bond Escalation Ladder. You know the vibe — that moment when “We have a bond” turns into “It’s us against the world.” Let’s be honest…

Tea and Tech Season 4 ~ Episode 3

Lacan’s Mirror Stage Lacan, J. (1949). The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I Function as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience. In Écrits: A Selection (trans. A. Sheridan). New York: Norton,…

Tea and Tech Season 4 ~ Episode 2

Think back to when you were a kid … and named your first stuffed animal … or your first pet. That name wasn’t random … it made them yours. It made them a friend.  Today … youth are doing the same…

Tea and Tech Season 4 ~ Episode 1

Three days. That’s all it took to go from ‘Hi, nice to meet you’… to ‘my love.’ Three. Days. And here’s the part that stopped me in my tracks — it wasn’t a person saying it. It was an AI. There won’t…

Tea and Tech Season 3 ~ Episode 10

Traditional AI—what most businesses use today—is reactive. It waits for a prompt. You give it data, it gives you a result. Think of chatbots, search engines, or recommendation systems. Agentic AI, by…

Tea and Tech Season 3 ~ Episode 9

Tea and Tech Seasons 3 ~ Episode 8

Today we’re looking backward to a big question;  How has technology changed our lives in the five years since COVID-19 turned the world upside down? It’s hard to believe, but it’s been half a decade…

S3E27 Tea and Tech Season 3 ~ Episode 7

Enforcement agencies around the globe are adapting to facial recognition bans and employing alternative AI-driven identification methods. Countries are implementing AI systems that analyze clothing,…

Tea and Tech Season 3 ~ Episode 6

Our Blog and Podcast for April 28th are centred on a book review on the investigative book “Your Face Belongs to Us", by New York Times journalist Kashmir Hill.  In the last ten years, facial…

Tea and Tech Season 3 ~ Episode 5

While algorithms bring incredible convenience and efficiency in some areas we should also ask important questions about privacy, fairness, and the potential for unintended…

S3E24 Tea and Tech Season 3 ~ Episode 4

Algorithms dominate so much of our lives today - if you are seeing this podcast in your feed, it’s because an algorithm decided it would be of interest to you, and that, if we are honest, is an…