What in the tech hell?

It's not you. It's tech.

I've spent the last decade working in tech and being the translator in the room when engineers and users need to understand one another. This is what I’m bringing to podcast format: conversations with friends in and outside of the tech industry, on why tech exists and what problems it is solving,

My guests in this episode are:

• Karlie Chalmers (they/them), psychotherapist, pediatric occupational therapist.
• Rosario (she/her), flight attendant, social worker and mental health advocate.
• Fabian Monsalve (he/him), developer, tech lead and the creator of TrueAlly.

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Discussed in this video:

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/man-chatgpt-psychosis - Futurism on AI psychosis

https://cmha.ca/news/ai-mental-health/ - Canadian Mental Health Association on how to engage with AI critically.

https://www.404media.co/viral-quittr-porn-addiction-app-exposed-the-masturbation-habits-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-users/ - 404 Media on exposed data from tech startup

https://science.ubc.ca/news/2026-04/are-you-addicted-your-ai-chatbot-it-might-be-design - University of British Columbia research on chatbot addiction

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/social-media-trial-la-9.7141920 - Meta and YouTube found liable in a mental health-related case

https://youtu.be/y85nqc2zm7M - Dr. Fatima on how to do (Anti) AI better

https://www.bmj.com/content/393/bmj-2026-363695 - Initial research on the Australian social media ban for teenagers

https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-becomes-first-state-impose-data-center-moratorium-2026-07-14/ - NY becomes the first state in the USA to impose a moratorium on large data centers

https://gradual-disempowerment.ai/ - Academic paper on gradual disempowerment and how humans may lose precedence over AI in the long run.

Created and hosted by Simone Lima.

Music by Incompetech.

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Have some time and want to explore more? 👇🏼

• Sandworm, by Andy Greenberg - https://share.google/kjzx4EtwDZFKhSC23
• United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime - https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/cybercrime/convention/home.html
• Black mirror, S03E05, Men Against Fire - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5709234/
• Dr. Joy Buolamwini on the podcast I've Got Questions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAWVD5aZJ4Q
• AI just got scarier, podcast Today, Explained - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/today-explained/id1346207297
• The State of Canada's Defence Industry, Spring 2024 Report - https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/industry-sector-intelligence/manufacturing-industries/aerospace-and-defence/state-canadas-defence-industry-2024
• Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce, Wired - https://www.wired.com/story/the-red-bull-leaks/
• US military confirms use of ‘advanced AI tools’ in war against Iran, Al Jazeera - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/11/us-military-confirms-use-of-advanced-ai-tools-in-war-against-iran

It’s not you, it’s tech.

Technology shapes our world, and yet most of us have no idea how it is made. And that matters, especially when we seem to be heading into a future of dystopian novels.

I've spent most of my career in tech facilitating conversations between engineers and users of tech products, to build solutions that solve real problems. That’s what I’m bringing into podcast format: candid conversations with friends in and outside of the tech industry, about why technology exists, what problems it is solving and where it’s headed.

In What in the tech hell? we will try to demystify, together, what has become of our tech landscape, and how we can build better tech solutions for ourselves, the planet in which we live, and our communities.

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Have some time and want to explore more? 👀

→ Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble

→ On artists' lawsuits against AI companies: Musical artists, List of Lawsuits against AI companies

→ Paris Marx’s post on phasing off of the US tech

→ Vanessa Winegard on AI slop

→ Examples of alternative ways of using and making AI: Maori Language Speech Recognition Software

→ OpenAI drops SORA (Announced on May 24th 2026, two weeks from the release of this episode)