What
Join us for a hands-on, participatory exploration of AI—what it is, how it works, where it’s useful, and the implications and impacts it may have. Led by Jaron Heard, founder of Soonlist, an app that uses AI to instantly save, organize, and share events, and who actively leverages AI to design, build, and market the platform.
Expect interactive demos, critical discussions, and collaborative experimentation.
Workshop Itinerary
1. Initial Perceptions (Participatory Discussion)
- What does "AI" bring up for you?
- What do you think AI is?
2. Demystifying AI: How Systems like ChatGPT Actually Function
- Brief history of AI, large language models, and their evolution
- Understanding large language models: How neural networks, predictive text, and transformer-based models actually work
3. Critical Analysis: Impacts and Implications
- Group conversation on ethical, social, political and environmental implications of AI
- Discuss biases, power dynamics, and other areas of concern
4. Hands-On Exploration: Exploring What Is Possible
- Participants introduce their own ideas, questions, or areas of interest/problems
- Collaborative experimentation with tools: actively using generative AI tools to explore or address these ideas
- Reflection and sharing outcomes