Show Notes
Can AI help two people understand each other when they seem to experience the same relationship in completely different ways?
In this episode of AI and Autism, Bre Ransome is joined by Jon Mick, an AuDHD product manager and founder of AIs & Shine. Jon shares how experimenting with ChatGPT developed into something much bigger: a detailed AI-supported “life model” that helped him explore his neurodivergence, understand patterns in his marriage and reconsider the way he communicates with his wife, Charlotte.
Bre and Jon explore what he calls a “perspective translator” — using AI to help translate between different ways of thinking, communicating and experiencing a relationship.
And then Bre takes the experiment one step further by interviewing Jon's AI counterpart, JonMick.ai, about the human Jon, his work and what he might be underselling about it.
Connect with Jon JonMick.ai — explore Jon's AI counterpart, built using his life model. AI Gave Me Autism — Jon's Substack documenting his experiences with AI and neurodivergence. AIs & Shine — Jon's public benefit corporation exploring personalised AI scaffolding.
Connect with Bre: Subscribe to ai.tism — Bre's Substack exploring AI, neurodivergence and the ways she uses AI as an accessibility tool. Get in touch with Bre — share your experiences with AI, tell Bre what you're experimenting with, or express your interest in joining AI and Autism as a guest.
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