Kelly Corrigan

And so the process with Avni was to continually refine.

What do you know that no one else knows about designing AI for family life?

Scientist and serial entrepreneur Avni Patel Thompson has created three startups to support family life, including her most recent effort, which has much to teach us about the future of our most intimate and consequential relationships.

And finally, with like no time to spare, she came up with a really brilliant point that is specific and memorable, and you'll hear it now in Avni Patel Thompson's TED Talk.

That was Avni Patel-Thompson from the TED stage.

Don't go away.

We'll be right back for more of a deep dive on Avni's work and what did and did not make it into her TED Talk and why, right after a short break.

So the idea that Avni put to the audience that I think is really interesting is how much will we, as the consumer of these AI products designed for family life, be able to tune them to our values?

Which hopefully will be the impetus for talking explicitly about what your values actually are and how they might be evolving over time.

Like, it's not a bad thing for parents to talk to each other about how do we want to communicate about grades?

Like every single school now has a way for parents to track homework assignments and quizzes and tests and essays.

And, you know, it's a choice that parents should make in the context of their values.

Like, are we going to keep our eyes glued to every little thing that happens in the lives of our kids?

Are we going to use something like Life 360 to track their every step?

Do we believe our kids should work part-time and starting at what age?

All of those values are worth talking about.

So if there's a product that you've let into your home to help you, say, reduce friction that is actually somehow forcing that conversation,

You know, are we living our values or do they kind of live over here on some shelf and we don't really apply them and they're not really showing up in our schedule or our budget, which is where the rubber really hits the road.

That could be a very good thing.

And that's what Avni is asking us to consider.