Design, Empathy & AI Myths: Highlights from #WxAISocialSaturday with Nithya Subramaniam & Jenny Kay Pollock

Community, Creativity, and Challenging AI Assumptions

This weekend’s #WxAISocialSaturday brought together voices from across the Women x AI community to share small moments of joy, bust persistent AI myths, and celebrate human-centered innovation. Co-hosted by Nithya Subramaniam, a design leader in AI-powered UX, and Jenny Kay Pollock, Co-Founder of WxAI, the thread invited reflection, connection, and celebration.

About the Hosts

Nithya Subramaniam brings a product design mindset deeply rooted in empathy and foresight. She’s the creator of Triple Take, a newsletter exploring the intersection of design, innovation, and AI. Jenny Kay Pollock, Co-CEO of Women x AI (WxAI) and board member at How Women Lead, champions early-stage women-founded startups and builds inclusive communities around emerging tech.

Real Stories from Real Women in AI

This week’s prompts asked the community to reflect on:

• 💖 What made you smile this week?

• 🧠 Which AI myth do you want to dispel?

• 🤖 What’s the most impressive AI content you've seen?

  
  

Some Myths We Busted:

🚫 Myth: "AI is only for technical people."

Reality: AI is for everyone.

🚫 Myth: "AI is neutral."

Reality: AI reflects the data it’s trained on — and that data often carries bias.

🚫 Myth: "AI will replace all of us."

Reality: AI augments human abilities — it doesn’t replace them.

Check out our deep dive, AI Isn’t Just for Coders — And Other Myths We’re Busting Together.

Here’s what we heard:

“AI is not neutral. It reflects the data it’s trained on, which means it inherits our biases unless we actively check them.”– Nithya Subramaniam

"AI won't replace Product Managers... It can’t empathize, resolve conflicting priorities, or create vision from ambiguity.”– Rupa Bhagwat

From interactive AI-generated comics and music, to heartfelt stories of mentoring female founders, the conversation highlighted the power of storytelling, imagination, and design in shaping the AI we want to see.

🔗 AI comic demo shared on Reddit

🔗 Simon Willison's AI image demo – Pelican on a bike

🔗 Google Veo3 video AI 🔗 Latimer’s inclusive LLM

Here's what we saw:

WOMEN x AI and Women in Automation Coffee Meet Up | Space Cats with Corndog Rockets by Tara Bonhorst founder of Do That Dave

Let’s Keep Building Together with AI

The dominant theme? AI is for everyone.

Whether it’s “vibe coding” with tools like Lovable and Bolt, or simply mentoring the next generation of founders, our community is showing how to use AI with intention and joy.

We closed the week with one clear message: empathy, equity, and creativity belong at the center of the AI revolution.

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Want to join the next conversation? Participate in next weekend's #WxAISocialSaturday by sharing your story. Let’s keep empowering one another and shaping an inclusive AI future.