Lindsey Mastis

AI Is Here. What Happens to Us?

Real stories of how AI is shaping our world, and how lived experience can lead the way.  From typewriters to the internet to ChatGPT, we’ve lived through extraordinary technological change. But AI is more personal and more powerful. In this grounded and practical talk, Emmy-winning journalist Lindsey Mastis shares real-world stories of where AI is genuinely helping, where it raises real concerns, and why human judgment, ethics, and experience matter more than ever.

Mastis is a four-time Emmy and regional Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist and the first local news anchor in the United States specializing in artificial intelligence. As an independent AI & tech storyteller and founder of Blue Moves Media, she demystifies emerging technology through human-centered reporting, documentary-style features, and global speaking engagements. Her work spans two decades of frontline journalism from mass shootings to robots on Capitol Hill. Lindsey’s work has taken her across the world, from producing a documentary on child survival in India to teaching digital journalism to reporters in Iraqi Kurdistan. Her latest independent feature, “Is AI Ruining Music?”, features perspectives from artists including Rosanne Cash, Jackson Browne, and DJ CherishTheLuv, and was broadcast on BBC Radio.