Ella Nance is a Certified AI Consultant who uses AI, teaches AI, and still side-eyes plenty of what people and companies do with it.
Welcome to AI, Business and Life, for people who want tech without handing over their common sense, voice, or care for people. With a background in BI, data, UX, and coaching, Ella's belief is firm: you don't have to use AI the way everyone says to. You can decide.
Each episode asks a better question: what's an AI-task, and where you've got it - AI should mind its business?
Tired of conversations that skip past the people part? You're in the right place.
I spent years as a user experience designer and researcher, which means I know that every button, every pop-up, every "are you sure you want to leave" was somebody's decision. This one is about design intent, whose intent is already baked into the AI tools you open every day, and how you set your own before the tool sets it for you.
10 Aug 2026
LaForge, Expertise and Salsa Dancing (#2 of 5)
Episode 2 of the mini-series on AI's Role in Star Trek.
Geordi LaForge could rebuild a warp core with his hands, his head, and whatever spare parts were lying around. The visor helped him see. Being a gifted engineer was already part of who he was. This episode is about order of operations, why your own skill has to come first, and what Ella salsa dancing until 1am has to do with any of this.
6 Aug 2026
The "Star Trek" Question (#1 of 5)
A question at family movie day sent Ella on a path thinking about every "Star Trek" series she loves. The tech on those ships ran everything, flight, life support, the universal translator, the replicators, and it still never made a single call on its own.
Here's what that says about the choices sitting in front of us right now.
24 Jul 2026
Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year Is "Slop." Here's What That Means
Merriam-Webster made "slop" its 2025 word of the year, and once you know what to look for, you can't unsee it in your own content. I'm telling you about the reset moment that made me stop using AI for content for a while, what separates a real voice from a hollow one, and the one practical move you can make this week to start hearing the difference in what you create.
17 Jul 2026
What Happens to the Person When We Use AI Here?
There's one question Ella keeps coming back to before she'll let AI anywhere near something tender, relational, or deeply human. It's not "can this be automated." It's something else entirely, and once you start asking it, you can't unsee where AI does and doesn't belong. In this episode, she hands you the five questions she uses to decide.
1 Jul 2026
I Was an AI Skeptic, Too
Before I became a Certified AI Consultant, I didn't want a single smart device in my house. Not the assistants, not the cameras, not even a fridge with opinions. So what changed? In this episode, I tell the real story: light bulbs, a ChatGPT challenge, and a whole lot of "why exactly do you need that?" This is the origin story behind the discernment.
29 Jun 2026
AI Isn't the Future of Dating
Bumble's testing a new AI feature that lets your digital assistant get to know someone else's before you ever meet. This episode digs into what that actually means for online dating, connection, and the parts of being human that no algorithm can fake.
Spoiler: Ella's not here for it.
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