Aji is joined by thoughtbot’s own Tess Griffin and Jimmy Thigpen, two members of the recently established AI Ethics Taskforce, to talk about what kind of conversations are going on in the company around AI.

With AI becoming an omnipresent entity in the industry, Tess and Jimmy take a deep dive into how and why the taskforce got started, figuring out what thoughtbot’s stance is around AI in terms of ethics and workflows, and how it relates to their clients.

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As mentioned in the episode:

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 &lt;p&gt;Aji is joined by thoughtbot’s own Tess Griffin and Jimmy Thigpen, two members of the recently established AI Ethics Taskforce, to talk about what kind of conversations are going on in the company around AI.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With AI becoming an omnipresent entity in the industry, Tess and Jimmy take a deep dive into how and why the taskforce got started, figuring out what thoughtbot’s stance is around AI in terms of ethics and workflows, and how it relates to their clients.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the episode:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.blastoffrails.com/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Blastoff Rails&lt;/a&gt; June 11 - 12, 2026 (past) Albuquerque, New Mexico&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/uk" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Freddy discovers America during the World Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your guests for this episode have been &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tess-griffin" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Tess Griffin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thigpenjimmy" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Jimmy Thigpen&lt;/a&gt; and your host was thoughtbot’s own &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/doodlingdev/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Aji Slater&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you would like to support the show, head over to our &lt;a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;GitHub page&lt;/a&gt;, or check out &lt;a href="https://bikeshed.thoughtbot.com" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;our website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Got a question or comment about the show? Write to our hosts: &lt;a href="mailto:hosts@giantrobots.fm" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;hosts@bikeshed.fm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This has been a &lt;a href="https://thoughtbot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;thoughtbot&lt;/a&gt; podcast.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stay up to date by following us on social media - &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thoughtbot/streams" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="https://thoughtbot.social/@thoughtbot" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Mastodon&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/thoughtbot.com" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;BlueSky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The Bike Shed

504: AI Ethics (with guests!)

504: AI Ethics (with guests!)

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