Karen Smiley is an AI leader, innovator, ethicist, data strategist, and author. During her 30+ year engineering career in data and software, she was the lead inventor or co-inventor on 14 granted US patents. Karen launched and leads the SheWritesAI community and champions everyday ethical AI and inclusion in her AI newsletters. Her "AI, Software, & Wetware" podcast has drawn listeners in over 100 countries.

Karen’s first full book on AI, Everyday Ethical AI: A Guide For Families & Small Businesses, was released in September 2025. Her second book, co-authored with the She Writes AI Community, is "AI Everywhere, Volume 1: How Women Are Changing The World With Artificial Intelligence", released in March 2026. Three more volumes in the She Writ

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	Everyday Ethical AI: A Guide For Families & Small Businesses by Karen Smiley (Goodreads Author), Debbie Reynolds (Foreword), Rebecca Mbaya (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AI Everywhere, Volume 1: How Women Are Changing The World With Artificial Intelligence by Karen Smiley (Goodreads Author), Hollie C. White (Editor), She Writes AI Community it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AI Everywhere, Volume 2 (She Writes AI Everywhere, #2) by Karen Smiley (Goodreads Author), She Writes AI Community, Amy Swaner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AI Everywhere, Volume 3 (She Writes AI Everywhere, #3) by Karen Smiley (Goodreads Author), She Writes AI Community 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Celeste Garcia's debut novel is a compelling and thought-provoking story that pulls you along while highlighting uses of AI for augmenting human intelligence that are not as far-fetched as many people assume. Great read. ...more
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Karen Smiley and 1 other person liked Celeste Garcia's review of AI Everywhere, Volume 1: How Women Are Changing The World With Artificial Intelligence (She Writes AI Everywhere): "I can't really be objective about this book because I was one of the 26 contributors, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading AI EVERYWHERE V1. What makes this book special is the diversity of the writers and perspectives on a technology that is seismically" Read more of this review »
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Karen Smiley and 1 other person liked Marcela Distefano's review of AI Everywhere, Volume 1: How Women Are Changing The World With Artificial Intelligence (She Writes AI Everywhere): "It truly is a must-have for any bookshelf. It's an engaging read and thoroughly interesting. You don’t want to miss it."
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Karen Smiley and 1 other person liked Pupak's review of AI Everywhere, Volume 1: How Women Are Changing The World With Artificial Intelligence (She Writes AI Everywhere): "AI Everywhere: Volume 1 is a necessary corrective to an AI narrative that has been dominated by a narrow demographic for too long. Edited by Karen Smiley and featuring contributions from 26 experts within the She Writes AI Community, this volume brin" Read more of this review »
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Karen Smiley made a comment on Jessica’s review of Everyday Ethical AI: A Guide For Families & Small Businesses " Thank you, Jessica - I appreciate you making the time to read and share your thoughts about Everyday Ethical AI! "
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Karen Smiley made a comment on Jax NiCarthaigh’s review of Everyday Ethical AI: A Guide For Families & Small Businesses " Jax, thank you so much for sharing these examples of how the book made you feel and where you found value in it! "
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Karen Smiley made a comment on Elena’s review of Everyday Ethical AI: A Guide For Families & Small Businesses " Thank you so much for sharing this review, Elena! I'm glad the 5 Actions resonated with you and hope you've found them useful. :) ...more "
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Karen Smiley made a comment on Steve M’s review of Everyday Ethical AI: A Guide For Families & Small Businesses " Thank you so much for your review, Steve! I enjoyed our conversation about AI :) "
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