#152 - 3 Decisions You Should Never Give to AI w/ Marinela Profi

An AI expert with a confession: nobody has figured this out, including her.

Marinela Profi builds machine learning models for banks and financial services and advises enterprises on navigating AI agents.

In this conversation, we get into:

- Why large language models predict rather than reason, and why that gap matters

- How outsourcing decisions to AI may feel like control while quietly removing it

- The generational trust divide in AI, and the original research Marinela commissioned to study it

- Why women are 47% more likely to be hurt in car crashes because of male-biased training data, and how that pattern extends across AI systems

Marinela is a TEDx speaker preparing to reveal original research at TEDx Harbor Square that will drop soon. She is also one of the most honest voices in AI, which in 2026 makes her unusual.​

🟪 Timestamps

(00:00) Trailer

(00:37) LLMs Aren't Reasoning

(03:44) AI Trust and Truth Risks

(07:23) Decision Making Outsourced

(12:24) Which Decisions Use AI

(15:50) Autonomy and Guardrails

(21:04) Why Humans Stay In Loop

(24:36) How Marinela Uses AI

(28:18) Women in Tech Reality

(32:44) Gender Bias and AI Gap

(35:06) First Steps With AI

🟪 About Marinela Profi

With a hybrid background in machine learning, marketing and economics, and a passion for human-centered innovation, Marinela leads go-to-market strategies that bridge technical depth with real-world impact. Marinela is an upcoming TEDx speaker, thought leader, and trusted advisor to enterprises navigating the next era of intelligent systems - from generative AI to AI agents. Her work sits at the intersection of AI, strategy, and storytelling, helping organizations turn complex technology into measurable business value.

🟪 Connect with Marinela Profi

- Website: https://marinelaprofi.com

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