AI at the table

A better table for deciding what AI is worth to you.

Real use cases. Unfiltered questions. A new thing, just getting started — in person around a table, and online between gatherings. A space for practical, open, and social ways to understand AI.

Not a class. Not a panel. Not a networking event with better snacks.

Women of varied ages around the long wooden table at a Bubbles & Bots gathering, laptops and glasses in hand.
Real conversations.
Real uses cases.
For real life.

A table for women testing AI against real work, real life, and better questions.

Line illustration of three women working together at a round table with laptops, coffee, wine and a sticky note

What we do

Real rooms. Useful tools. Unfiltered questions.

We bring the AI conversation into thoughtful, welcoming rooms where questions matter more than expertise — then keep it going online.

Gatherings

In real rooms

Inclusive and intimate by design, we meet to talk practical examples, hard questions, generous sharing — and always snacks.

Online

On Substack

Substack's our digital home for field notes, prompts, tool tests, sharp commentary, and what we are learning from the room.

Resources

Worth testing

Simple, usable takeaways to bring back to your work, business, household, boardroom, or group chat.

Work in progress

This is still emerging. That is part of the point — we're building the right table, with the right questions, for right now.

Who it's for

For women juggling work, life, and the questions AI raises.

You are curious about AI, but not interested in being sold the shiny version. You have work to do, people to care for, decisions to make, and enough life experience to know that not every new tool deserves your attention.

Maybe you are running a business, leading a team, advising clients, working inside an organization, sitting on a board, shifting direction, or quietly using AI more than you admit.

You do not need to be AI-fluent. You are curious, discerning, and open.

Chilled Campo Viejo cava, olives, and almonds on the table at Bubbles & Bots.
Laptops open. A glass of something cold. Real work on the table.

Upcoming events

Small room. Big questions.

Waitlist open

Get on the list
for what’s next

Vol. 3 sold out fast — follow the calendar and you’ll be first to know when the next gathering goes live.

Sold out SEP2

Bubbles & Bots Vol. 3

Wednesday, September 2 · 2:30–4:30 PM

North Vancouver, BC · Vancouver edition

A warm, no-hype afternoon for women in Vancouver — three real AI use cases, honest conversation, and Prosecco, pizza & antipasti. No class. No panel. No hype.

This gathering is full — get on the list for what’s next.
Sold out AUG5

Bubbles & Bots Vol. 2

Wednesday, August 5 · 2:00–4:30 PM

Peak Provisions Mountain Grocery & Goods · Squamish, BC

A guided long-table conversation for women who want a more human way into AI — real examples, honest talk, bubbles & snacks. No class. No panel. No hype.

This gathering is full — get on the list for what’s next.

What the first table told us

“The room worked.”

Bubbles & Bots Vol. 1 · June 24 · Sea to Sky · Sold out

+100Net Promoter Score — 8 of 8 would recommend it
4.4/5Matched or beat expectations — no score below 4
100%Said they’d come to the next one
“I was prepared to feel very overwhelmed… In reality the demos were accessible and helpful.”— Bubbles & Bots attendee
“My imposter syndrome would be coming in hot and heavy… In reality, the space was safe and welcoming, and the humans around the table were incredible.”— Bubbles & Bots attendee

Who we are

Three women who wanted this table to exist.

Watercolour illustration of Katrina C Foster, Debbie Collins and Caroline Wakefield together, holding a framed card that reads: Conversation prompt — How has AI surprised you recently?

We started The Generous AI Society because the conversations we were having about AI needed a bigger table. Together, we bring deep experience in AI, strategy and community-building — and a shared commitment to testing what these tools are actually worth in real work and real life.

Katrina C Foster

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Debbie Collins

LinkedIn

Caroline Wakefield

LinkedIn

What happens in the room

Theory gets boring quickly. Practice is where it gets useful.

We're building a table to encourage sharp questions, practical prompts, real-life value, and at least one thing you want to test next.

Laptops open. Questions on the table.

Line illustration of five women in conversation around a table with laptops, glasses and a vase of flowers

We start with real use cases — a question, tool, problem, or theme worth noting.

Then we share what we're actually trying with AI — the experiments, successes, failures, surprises, and lessons that only show up in practice.

The conversation moves from abstract to useful, and everyone leaves with something to try next.

Why now

AI gets shaped by who's at the table.

22%

One large analysis found women were 22% less likely than men to use generative AI tools. 

 The people building AI right now — running the companies, choosing the use cases, writing the code — are setting the defaults the rest of us inherit.

You don't have to build AI to shape it. The people using these tools seriously — in real work, with real judgment — shape what catches on. Which use cases prove out. What good looks like. What builders eventually hear.

Questions like those aren't barriers to adoption. They're the conditions for better adoption.

Join the online table

Field notes, prompts, tools, and questions worth sitting with.

Between gatherings, the Substack is where we're building out what we are noticing, testing, and learning. Expect:

  • Field notes from the room
  • Prompts worth borrowing
  • Tools worth trying
  • Real use cases
  • Sharp questions about AI and daily life