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How I AI
Author: Brooke Gramer
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How I AI showcases the people shaping the future with artificial intelligence. Host Brooke Gramer spotlights founders, innovators, and creatives who share not just the tools they use, but the transformations they’ve experienced. Human-centered storytelling meets visionary insights on business, culture, and the future of innovation.
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I sit down with Bryan Reimer, Ph.D., a Research Scientist at MIT who leads research on human-centered technology at the intersection of AI, human behavior, mobility, and public policy. Bryan has spent over two decades studying how people actually behave inside complex systems, especially in cars, organizations, and high-stakes environments where “automation” can help… or quietly make things worse. Topics we cover: Why companies rush into “AI strategy” without defining the use case or ROITec...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Leon Kuperman, CTO and Co-Founder of CAST AI, right after his keynote at the Miami AI Summit during Art Basel Week. Leon brings over 20 years of experience across software engineering, cybersecurity, and infrastructure at scale. After selling his first company to Oracle, he now focuses on one of the most overlooked forces shaping the AI economy: how efficiently we run what we build. If you’re building with AI, scaling a product, or trying to unders...
In this special episode of How I AI, I’m live from Miami during Art Basel week, reporting from the Tech Basel Miami AI Summit in partnership with eMerge Americas. This episode is a field report from the ground, pulling together the biggest themes shaping AI as we move into 2026, from open source infrastructure and autonomous systems to trust, storytelling, and real-world execution. I start by sharing my key takeaways from the opening and closing keynote talks. The opening keynote focused on w...
In this episode of How I AI, I’m live from Biohackers World Miami, where I interview two health tech advocates working in the intersection of AI, performance, and personalized wellness. Biohackers World is a two-day conference and expo bringing together longevity experts, innovative technologies, and a community exploring the future of health, wellness, and human optimization. First, I sit down with David Korsunsky, founder of Heads Up Health, a platform that unifies fragmented health data fr...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Dr. Samantha Carney and Dr. Daniel Hulsey, co-founders of Atlas Clinics, a modern chiropractic and brain health clinic using soundwave technology and AI-supported insights to deliver highly personalized care. Both doctors came to this work as patients first. Dr. Sam after years of chronic migraines and post-concussion symptoms, and Dr. Dan after military service left him searching for solutions beyond medication and traditional care. Together, they...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Kameron Monet, a lawyer, creator, and tech founder building tools at the intersection of law, AI, and the creator economy. As the founder of Social Docket and The Legal Tea, Kameron breaks down how AI is changing contract review, negotiations, and legal access for creators who are tired of signing deals they don’t fully understand. 🔥 Topics we cover: How AI supports legal and research-intensive workflowsBalancing traditional platforms with modern A...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Seth Besmertnik, the CEO behind Conductor, the company that has been shaping the organic marketing world for nearly two decades. Seth has led Conductor through every major shift in digital search, from its early days as the first enterprise SEO platform, and now he is steering the company into a new frontier focused on understanding how brands show up inside AI models. Seth breaks down how Conductor is generating synthetic prompts to mirror what cu...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Erica Shoemate, a former FBI intelligence leader turned AI policy strategist who sits at the intersection of national security, ethical innovation, and the future of work. Erica spent more than a decade inside federal intelligence and later led trust and safety, regulatory, and cybercrime initiatives at Twitter and Amazon. Today she runs EN Strategy Group, where she advises mission-driven organizations on AI policy, responsible innovation, and glob...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Colette Mason, a collaborative AI consultant with over 40 years of real-world systems experience across investment banking, the UK government, and large-scale public infrastructure. Today, she helps business owners build AI teammates that actually support their brains instead of overwhelm them. Colette brings a grounded, human-first lens to AI. We talk about her seven AI user archetypes, how your personality might be sabotaging your own AI results,...
Miami isn’t just having a moment. It has become one of the fastest growing AI hubs in the world, and this episode breaks down the real reason why. In this conversation, I sit down with Burhan Sebin, Chief AI Officer at eMerge and the creator behind Miami AI Hub. Burhan has supported more than 500 startups, helped scale a community from a handful of builders to thousands, and has a front-row seat to Miami’s rise as a global center for AI, robotics, and applied innovation. We talk about the for...
Welcome back to How I AI. In this solo episode, I’m sharing my full download from the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Miami, where I spent the day surrounded by founders, futurists, and creatives shaping the next wave of AI and Web3 innovation. From autonomous agents and AI-to-AI payments to digital identity, ownership, and creative collaboration, this episode breaks down the key quotes, takeaways, and insights that stood out most. This is a fast, honest breakdown of the ideas that matter m...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Lucio Boccardi, he is eleven years old and a digital creator, innovator, and builder who’s already earning five figures a month online by experimenting fearlessly with AI. Lucio’s story is a reminder that learning through trial, curiosity, and persistence still matters. From building a math video game using an AI app builder to generating royalty income from custom GPTs, he’s showing what’s possible when creativity meets consistency. We talk about ...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Michaela A. Ternasky-Holland. She is a Peabody-nominated, Emmy Award–winning director using immersive technology, animation, and AI to tell deeply human stories. Michaela has built a career at the intersection of creativity and innovation. She was also among the first filmmakers to premiere a short film created with OpenAI’s Sora at Tribeca Festival. We talk about how she’s evolving with new tools while staying grounded in story using A...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Chairman Elijah John Bowdre, a civic leader and Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Digital Commission, who has spent more than a decade at the intersection of blockchain, public policy, and financial innovation. As Chairman of the Miami-Dade Cryptocurrency Task Force, Bowdre has advised government leaders on the responsible adoption of emerging technologies helping shape frameworks for blockchain integration, digital identity, and crypto payments...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Yemisi Egbewole, a powerful and globally recognized voice in policy, governance, and political communications who brings nearly a decade of experience at the heart of the U.S. federal government. As former Chief of Staff to the White House Press Office and Advisor to the White House Press Secretary under the Biden Administration, Yemisi helped shape the country’s most high-stakes narratives leading media engagement for the President, managing press...
In this episode of How I AI, I sit down with Jonathan Mest, a data scientist turned startup CEO who’s helping brands understand what visibility means in a world run by AI search. Jon is the founder of Just Reach Out, a digital PR platform that helps businesses pitch the media and earn organic coverage, and ChatRank, a new tool that tracks how your brand shows up across AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google’s AI Overviews. We trace the evolution of search from Ask Jeeves and AltaVista to ...
Welcome to a Power Series episode of How I AI — a special format where I feature multiple guests, highlighting real people using AI in unique ways across different industries. This episode spotlights two powerful use cases for AI in consumer apps and creative production, featuring real-world insights from Maya Bundesen-Magier and Jessica Campbell. Maya Bundesen-Magier is the founder of MapMyMilk, a tool designed to help parents pinpoint their baby’s food sensitivities. She shares her journey ...
Welcome back to How I AI. In this solo episode, I’m diving into why custom GPTs are more than experiments and how they can act as real funnels for your business. I share my own journey building the How I AI Podcast Companion GPT and how it’s now a personal guide to the entire show, surfacing the right guest, story, or resource at the exact moment you need it. Along the way, I highlight insights from the Global Wellness Institute’s 2025 Micro-Trends report, share my take on tool fatigue from C...
Welcome back to How I AI. I’m your host, Brooke Gramer. Today I’m sharing something special.. a panel recorded live in Miami on August 7th at an event I co-hosted and moderated called Conscious Co-Creation and Leadership with AI. This wasn’t your typical tech talk. The panel opened with my co-host, Marian Bacol, leading the room through a somatic breathing exercise and introducing her new project, the Nervana app: A tool designed to regulate the nervous system in an age where AI is movi...
Welcome to a Power Series episode of How I AI — a special format where I feature two or more shorter conversations, highlighting real people using AI in unique ways across different industries. If you’re curious about how AI is quietly transforming traditional industries and how people with deep domain expertise are guiding that shift than this episode is for you. This episode spotlights two powerful use cases for AI in financial advisory and funeral services, featuring real-world insights fr...























