The Research Behind the Work
Does Anyone Think Anymore? is a research-driven podcast where Ashley Portillo talks with the researchers, operators, and founders shaping how AI and human cognition intersect. These conversations are for leaders thinking seriously about what AI is doing to the way their organizations think and work.
Interpretive Judgment — What Organizations Lose When AI Starts Reading Between the Lines
with Léa Bonnenfant, AI Ethics Researcher
Agentic AI for Enterprise — Guardrails and Decision-Making
with Suchismita Sahu, Senior Data Scientist @ NVIDIA
Japan’s Blueprint for Human-AI Collaboration
with Yuichiro Yamada, CEO of Findy Inc.
Webinar
How to Close the People Gap Before Your AI Rollout Stalls
In this webinar, Ashley Portillo introduces the Cognitive Disruption Map — a practical framework for teams navigating AI adoption.
You’ll learn how to identify where team members are struggling with AI tools, understand how that struggle shows up in your culture, and know what to do about it.
You will know how to assess what’s actually happening with your people, and design sessions that help your team rebuild clarity on their role, their judgment, and how to work alongside AI meaningfully.
You’ll leave with:
— A way to identify where AI adoption is breaking down at the team level
— An understanding of how unaddressed friction becomes a culture problem
— A clear next step for your organization
Latest
In the Room Where AI Meets Humanity.
📰 Featured In The AI Journal
As AI Builds AI, What Happens to Human Judgment?
Published July 2026
The article examines one of the defining organizational challenges of the AI era: how to help employees preserve judgment, remain engaged, and adapt as artificial intelligence assumes more technical work.
Featuring insights from Japan’s AI Engineering Summit and interviews with technology leaders, it explores why successful AI transformation depends as much on human adaptation as technical implementation.