In Summer 2023, I designed and moderated a panel presentation for the K&L Gates AI and Ethics conference at CMU. The ask for this panel was to help researchers and other AI professionals reflect on the outside community’s perspective on AI. Thus, I immediately requested that I be able to invite and pay some community members to come in for this discussion. My focus was to bring in people whose perspectives are less heard in academia and research circles, yet who understand the real ground truth about how people are using and thinking about AI. I highly encourage anyone who is interested in AI and wants to build a more deep and humble view about what AI could and should be for the world.