Joan focuses on Voice Tech, but her work is a dual fusion of technical innovation and systemic change.

The meeting begins with casual conversation between the three participants - Kevin, Graham, and Joan. They joke about mispronouncing each other's names and discuss Graham's podcast attire. Kevin and Graham welcome Joan to the podcast.

Graham asks Joan about her work highlighting biases in speech recognition systems, and how organizations can address these issues. Joan explains how datasets used to train AI often lack diversity, leading to systems that perform poorly for women and non-white individuals. She emphasizes the importance of having a range of perspectives represented in the development of AI.

Joan discusses how the democratisation of AI tools and platforms has made it easier for more people to build AI applications, but notes that this also means the data and models may not be representative of the full population. She advocates for greater inclusion in the AI development process.

The conversation shifts to the risks of AI-driven job displacement. Joan shares insights from her book "Your AI Roadmap", which provides guidance on future-proofing careers and building diverse income streams to mitigate the impact of AI-related job losses.

Joan describes her work with an agricultural technology company, Agria, where she is building data infrastructure and digital twins to help the company leverage data to improve crop yields and sustainability. She emphasizes the potential for data and AI to transform industries like agriculture.

The participants provide a brief recap of the discussion and thank Joan for her time. Graham and Kevin express interest in Joan's book and the potential for future collaboration.

Graham Arrowsmith

Graham founded Finely Fettled ten years ago to help business owners and marketers market to affluent and high-net-worth customers. Graham founder of MicroYES, a Partner for MeclabsAI, which combines the world's biggest source of 10,000 marketing experiments with AI. Find Graham on LinkedIn.

Kevin Appleby

Kevin specialises in finance transformation and implementing business change. He's the COO of GrowCFO, which provides both community and CPD-accredited training designed to grow the next generation of finance leaders. You can find Kevin on LinkedIn and at kevinappleby.com