AI, Fiction, and Fierce Innovation: Ary Aranguiz Hosts #WxAISocialSaturday with WOMEN x AI

This week’s #WxAISocialSaturday was bursting with creativity, career insight, and real-world AI wisdom. Hosted by Ary Aranguiz, founder of Future-Ready AI Group, the conversation drew women from all corners of tech, education, and entrepreneurship to share how AI is shaping their careers—and who they’d trust to design the ultimate fictional chatbot.

From Deadpool to Moira Rose, the responses weren’t just entertaining—they revealed how deeply AI is becoming integrated into the way we work, think, and build. And yes, a few community-generated bot ideas were even turned into real GPTs (links below!).

👩🏽‍💼 About the Host: Ary Aranguiz, CPTD

This week’s spotlight host was Ary Aranguiz, an AI-certified educator, automation strategist, and veteran learning and development expert. As the founder of Future-Ready AI Group she provides step-by-step consulting to help individuals and small businesses build efficient, AI-augmented systems.

With more than 25 years of experience in education—from the classroom to the boardroom—Ary has trained thousands of professionals on everything from instructional design to workforce automation. Her work sits at the intersection of practical AI implementation and human-centered learning design.

Ary specializes in helping non-technical professionals deploy AI tools like custom GPTs, Zapier automations, and ChatGPT workflows to save time, cut costs, and accelerate growth. Her approach is grounded, transparent, and empowering.

“My AI tools let me open a company with just $50/month. You don’t need perfection. Just start with a few good-enough tools.” – Ary Aranguiz

🚪 What Doors Has AI Opened?

Across the Women x AI community, members shared how AI has sparked entirely new career paths, enabled entrepreneurship, and expanded what they believed was possible.

“AI opened the door to tech for me. It helped me merge creativity, strategy, and impact in ways I never imagined.” – Kate Carter, Doctoral Candidate in AI & Healthcare

“AI helped me automate tasks, post content, and structure my business plan. It's my daily co-founder.” – Natasha Lalwani, Senior Data Scientist, Fractal

These aren’t hypotheticals—they’re lived experiences. AI is enabling everything from low-cost startups to high-impact innovation in sectors like healthcare, education, and B2B marketing.

📚 What Non-AI Skills Make Us Better at AI?

The group highlighted that while AI literacy is crucial, it's human intelligence—specifically skills like critical thinking, research, and emotional intuition—that unlock AI’s true value.

“Deep research, sharpened in law school, helps me use AI to explore and synthesize faster, but with care.” – Dawn Kristy, JD, AI Ethics & Cybersecurity Advisor

These responses emphasize the importance of AI fluency paired with foundational soft skills. AI enhances, not replaces, human judgment—and knowing how to ask better questions is half the battle.

🎭 Which Fictional Characters Would Make Great Chatbots?

This week’s wildcard question drew creative, clever answers—each revealing what we value in digital assistants: wisdom, wit, reliability, and a healthy dose of humor.

Top community picks included:

• Wendy Rhoades (Billions) – “Clarity isn’t optional—it’s essential.” – MindMatters

• Black Panther – “The power to change the world has always been in you.” – PantherGPT

• Moira Rose (Schitt’s Creek) – “Let’s not dilly dally with dull data.” – ChatMoira

• Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) – A chatbot for strategic thinking and emotional intelligence.

• Deadpool – “Maximum effort!” because sometimes you need brutal honesty and comic relief.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi – “Trust the data, Luke.” A calming, analytical guide.

• Tony Soprano – “A wrong decision is better than indecision.” For bold leadership.

• Olivia Pope (Scandal) – “It’s already handled.” – HandledAI

• Curious George – “Curiosity always leads to something interesting.” For staying grounded in discovery.
  

💡 From Chatbot Ideas to Reality

Thank you Ary Aranguiz for not only sparking the conversation, but also creating a visual recap!

  Jenny Kay Pollock actually turned some of these ideas into Custom GPTs. Explore and use them here:

🎭 MoiraRose, the fabulously dramatic chatbot by Natasha Lalwani 👉 Try ChatMoira

🍿 Handled AI, Olivia Pope's AI alter ego by Terri Spencer 👉 Try HandledAI 💫 ObiWanGPT – from Imen Maaroufi Clark 👉 Try ObiWanGPT

🌍 Keep the Momentum Going

Whether you’re an educator, a founder, a researcher, or just AI-curious—there’s a place for you here. You can join WOMEN x AI's Membership (it's free!). From startup success stories to fictional AI companions, this #WxAISocialSaturday captured what makes WOMEN x AI so special: a global network of professionals actively shaping the future of technology.

📢 Want to join the next conversation?Jump into next weekend’s #WxAISocialSaturday on LinkedIn. Share your story, answer the prompt, or just say hi.