AI for Communities: Keeping Yourself Safe in the AI Age

Thu, Aug 3 2023
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Virtual

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Powerful technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) present many opportunities as well as challenges for our communities. AI can help us solve complex problems, but it can also displace jobs and cause serious harm. Many AI learning resources and information sit behind paywalls and are filled with jargon that can be difficult to understand. To support our mission to deliver free and open access to information for education, Brooklyn Public Library is collaborating with Women in AI Ethics (WAIE) to deliver free introductory classes on AI to help our communities get a solid understanding of AI, prepare for new opportunities in the AI economy, and keep ourselves safe. These free sessions will be delivered online and provide additional resources so you can continue your learning journey at your own pace.

Keeping Yourself Safe in the AI Age

The tremendous hype around AI hides many of its downsides and risks to our safety. In this fast-paced one-hour class, you will learn how this powerful technology works, the risks it poses to your safety, and how to keep yourself safe. 

  • Introduction to AI - Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), and more
  • Social media and AI - how your data fuels the AI machine
  • Risks and harms from AI - deepfakes, disinformation, and more
  • Tools and interventions
  • Additional resources (glossary, reading list, and other free resources)

This presentation will take place online via Zoom. Please RSVP at least a half hour in advance. We will send out the Zoom link the day before as well as a half hour before the event. If you have questions about the registration process, or did not receive the link as of 6pm the day of the event, please contact BPL at 718.968.7275.

This class is part of a series. You can come to all three, or pick and choose individual ones.

AI for Communities: Intro to AI & Algorithms: Thursday, July 20, 6:30-7:30 Eastern

AI for Communities: Intro to Generative AI – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thursday, July 27, 6:30-7:30 Eastern

AI for Communities: Keeping Yourself Safe in the AI Age: Thursday, August 3, 6:30-7:30 Eastern

Women in AI Ethics is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a 501 (c) (3) based in Oakland, California with a mission to increase diversity and ethics in this critical field.

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