Slave masters used to own people.

Now algorithms do.

They decide who gets opportunities based on zip codes and melanin. They determine creditworthiness based on neighborhoods and names. They judge potential based on accents and assumptions. The shackles are digital now, but the chains are just as real.

Every day, artificial intelligence systems make millions of decisions about human worth. They're not neutral. They're not fair. They're not even intelligent. They're the digital descendants of every bias, every prejudice, and every exclusion that came before them.

But I refuse to let algorithms rewrite the limits that generations before me fought to break.

I was twelve years old, sitting on my bedroom floor, surrounded by discarded computer parts I'd salvaged from scrapyards. My mother stood in the doorway, watching me connect motherboards to power supplies with the focused intensity of a surgeon. "Black girls don't belong in technology," she said, not for the first time. "Focus on something practical. Something... appropriate."

But as I pressed the power button and watched that first computer screen flicker to life, something revolutionary happened. The machine didn't care about my gender, my background, or anyone else's opinion about where I belonged. It only cared about whether I understood it.

I thought I was building a computer. I was actually building my rebellion.

For years, I fought the same battle on repeat.

• Teachers who steered me away from advanced math.
• Guidance counselors who suggested "more suitable" career paths.
• Family members who questioned why I was "wasting time" on computers when I should be focused on finding a husband.

But every night, I went back to those salvaged parts.

Building.

Learning.

Refusing.

Technology became my sanctuary because it was the one place where potential mattered more than packaging.

Decades later, I thought I'd won. Serial CEO and today, CEO and Co-Founder of my own company. Former partner at PwC. Leader of record-breaking transformations at AWS. The girl who built computers from scraps had become the woman reshaping digital landscapes for Fortune 500 companies.

Then I tried something fun on LinkedIn. Everyone was using AI to create action figures of themselves as superheroes. I uploaded my photo and wrote the same prompt as everyone else: "Create a photorealistic action figurine with my face as a Cloud Jedi with a lightsaber."

White males everywhere got perfect digital twins. White women got flawless miniatures.

Me? I got Jensen Huang's face. I was Huang'd!

The AI looked at "tech CEO" and "Cloud Jedi" and decided it couldn't be a Black woman. A Black woman who looks like me couldn't possibly be the right person for that role. It literally erased my face and replaced it with what it thought a technology leader should look like.

In that moment, I realized the fight wasn't over. It had just gone digital.

If a commercially available and FREE AI couldn't see me as the CEO of my own company, what was it doing to resumes, loan applications, and medical diagnoses across America?

I started digging. What I found made my blood boil.

Hiring algorithms rejecting qualified candidates because their names "didn't fit the company culture." Medical AI missing heart attacks in Black patients because the training data assumed chest pain looked different based on skin color. Loan systems perpetuating digital redlining by flagging entire neighborhoods as "high risk."

The same exclusions that tried to keep me out of technology were now running at computational speed, limiting millions of people who would never even know they'd been judged by an algorithm.

The girl who refused to accept human limitations wasn't about to accept algorithmic ones.

My personal battle against exclusion became the blueprint for systemic change. Every barrier I'd broken became a pillar in my framework for digital dignity:

• SAFETY: Just as I had to protect myself from those who said I didn't belong, AI systems must protect people from algorithmic harm.
• PRIVACY: Just as I fought for my right to define myself, AI systems must respect people's fundamental right to control their own data and identity.
• INCLUSIVITY: Just as I demanded to be seen for my potential, AI systems must work fairly for everyone, regardless of background.

I refused to accept algorithmic limits on my potential. Now I ensure AI doesn't limit yours.

Today, I lead the global fight for digital dignity. Not from an ivory tower, but from trenches where real people face real algorithmic discrimination every day. From a origin story where my purpose was limited to someone's mother, someone's wife and doing anything but technology to "survive."

I've audited AI systems for over 100 organizations, uncovering bias that would have harmed millions. I've consulted with UK and US leaders on AI ethics policy. I've created the ETHICALENS framework that's quickly becoming the lithmus for ethical AI development.

But this isn't about my credentials. It's about results that matter:

• 2 million people protected from algorithmic discrimination and harm
• $50+ million in avoided compliance costs and reputation damage for clients
• ~85% reduction in AI algorithmic bias incidents across organizations using my framework

My clients don't just achieve compliance, they unlock the innovation that comes from truly seeing all talent. They don't just avoid lawsuits, they discover revenue hidden in previously excluded markets.

I exist to ensure that artificial intelligence amplifies human dignity instead of diminishing it.

• Every biased algorithm I audit becomes a pathway to inclusion.
• Every discriminatory system I fix becomes a tool for empowerment.
• Every exclusionary AI I transform becomes a force for justice.

Because the future doesn't need more artificial intelligence. It needs more human dignity.

I'm the girl who built computers from junkyard scraps and refused to be limited by other people's lack of imagination.

I'm the woman who won't let AI systems repeat the exclusions I spent a lifetime fighting.

I'm the last line of defense between biased algorithms and human potential.

And I'm just getting started.

The resistance needs you. Whether you're an executive deploying AI systems, a policymaker writing regulations, or a person whose life is shaped by algorithmic decisions - you have a role to play in this fight.

Because when AI systems treat people with dignity, everyone wins. When they don't, everyone loses - including the organizations that deploy them.

The question isn't whether AI will shape our future. The question is: Will it be the AI we deserve, or the AI we've accidentally created?

I know which future I'm fighting for.

Join me.