In this episode, I’m getting personal.

I share why I started AI on the Side — and the three ideas that drive every episode:

✅ The future of work — and the real questions no one’s quite answering yet.
✅ AI education — how learning about AI today could change what’s possible for your life tomorrow.
✅ Humanist AI — why balancing optimism with realism matters, and what thinkers like Mustafa Suleyman can teach us about using AI responsibly.

This isn’t about which tech stack legal allows you to use — It's about how AI is shaping our jobs, our learning, and the way we see the world.

Whether you’re an AI skeptic, a creative just trying to keep up, or someone curious about where all of this is going, this episode is a reminder that the future of AI is still ours to build.

In this episode of AI on the Side, host Shalirrah Wisney dives beneath the buzz to uncover who actually controls the future of AI—and what it means for all of us trying to work, raise families, or just keep up.

From Microsoft and OpenAI’s evolving partnership to to and NVIDIA’s hardware dominance—this episode maps the “power grid” of modern AI and how a handful of companies are shaping opportunity, creativity, and even our daily workflows.

Shalirrah also explores the human side: who gets left behind when AI becomes the standard, and what upskilling really means in an AI-first world. Whether you’re a parent returning to work, a career switcher, or just AI-curious, this episode helps you understand where you fit in the bigger picture—and how to stay human while everything else speeds up.