Beyond the AI Hype

Join us for a special literary event with AI authors and scholars to celebrate Women’s History Month at Brooklyn Public Library.

The headlines are filled with news about Artificial Intelligence (AI), making it difficult to separate hype from reality. AI presents many opportunities as well as challenges for our communities. It can help us solve complex problems, but it can also displace jobs and harm our civil rights if left unchecked. Many learning resources sit behind paywalls and are filled with jargon that can be difficult to understand. There is an urgent need to bridge this AI information gap by making it accessible, understandable, and useful.

Public libraries play a vital role in bringing AI knowledge directly to our communities so we can keep ourselves safe and get access to new opportunities. On March 18, join us at the Brooklyn Public Library to celebrate Women’s History Month with a special AI literary event hosted by Women in AI Ethics™ where leading AI authors and scholars will demystify algorithms, debunk popular myths about AI, and share how we can ensure these powerful technologies benefit all of us and not just a select few.

**This is an in-person event, which will not be livestreamed but a recording will be posted on the Women in AI Ethics' YouTube channel 1 week after the event.**

AGENDA

4.30 PM – 5.00 PM Doors open & registration.

5.00 PM – 5.15 PM Opening remarks.

5.20 PM – 5.45 PM Fireside chat with Linda Johnson, President, Brooklyn Public Library.

5.50 PM – 6.45 PM Author chat - Meredith Broussard, Artificial Unintelligence, More Than a Glitch.

6.50 PM – 7.15 PM Author chat - Eleonore Fournier-Tombs, Gender Reboot.

7.15 PM – 7.45 PM Closing remarks & networking reception.

8.00 PM Event close.

 

 

About Women in AI Ethics™ (WAIE):

This event is hosted by Women in AI Ethics™ (WAIE), a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund (Tax Id: 46-1323531), a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization. Our mission is to increase diversity and inclusion in the AI/tech industry by elevating underrepresented and diverse ethical voices. You can learn more about our work on WAIE website.

**You can support our activities by donating here! **

All our activities are funded by donations and ticket sales. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and used to fund mission-aligned activities, which includes but is not limited to free AI literacy, reskilling, and mentoring resources to support marginalized communities in this space.

Code of Conduct

We reserve the right to refuse membership or entrance to anyone who is disruptive, dangerous, and/or poses a threat or harasses our members/speakers in any manner. Harassment includes but is not limited to heckling the members or speakers, deliberate misgendering, using any kind of slur, bullying, racist comments, or any other attempt to intimidate other attendees or disrupt the event. We reserve the right to take action including but not limited to removing/blocking members who are in violation of our rules. There is no place in our group for hate or harassment.