1. (1:00-1:10) Group Conversation: Initial Perceptions
- What does "AI" (Artificial Intelligence) bring up for you?
- What do you think AI is?
2. (1:10-1:30) 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. (1:30-1:50) 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. (1:50-2:00) Break
5. (2:00-2:50) Hands-On Exploration: Exploring What Is Possible
- Participants introduce their own ideas, questions, or areas of interest/problems
- Guided experimentation with tools: experiment with using generative AI tools to explore or address these ideas
- Reflection and sharing outcomes
- (2:50-3:00) Closing thoughts
- (3:00-4:00) Optional further exploration