The Shift Nobody's Talking About: AI and Human Independence

Show Notes

Most people talk about AI and productivity. Meaghan Platt talks about AI and dignity. As a Copilot Sales and Adoption Specialist at ITI and a mom navigating the daily reality of raising a daughter with PCDH19, a condition that causes epilepsy, seizures, cognitive delays, and significant communication challenges, Meaghan sees GenAI through a lens most enterprise conversations never touch.

We go deep on what most AI conversations completely skip: dignity. The moment a child realizes the world was not built for how she communicates. The confidence that erodes every time a tool fails her. And why Copilot, used intentionally, starts to flip that. We also talk about language barriers, neurodivergence, burnout, and what it actually means to lead AI adoption with people at the center.

Key Takeaways

1. Why dignity is the missing word in every accessibility and AI conversation
2. How GenAI removes friction that most of us never even notice but that stops others completely
3. What it looks like to build a custom voice model so a child can use speech-to-text in her own pronunciation
4. Why AI adoption fails when leaders treat it like a software rollout instead of a people strategy
5. How a trilingual team with no shared language built real collaboration using Microsoft Copilot
6. When AI shifts from adapting people to technology, to technology adapting to people
7. What parents and teachers can do right now to prepare kids for an AI-native world

Whether you lead AI adoption at an enterprise level or you are a parent, educator, or anyone who navigates the world a little differently, this episode will change how you think about what inclusion actually means in the age of AI.

Resources

• Learn more about ITI
• Meaghan Platt on LinkedIn