There’s an endless stream of news, prophecies, and hot takes about AI. While the media and memes might call it AI, this is usually shorthand for a more specific technology: Generative AI.
Join the webinar to hear researcher, educator, and writer Kara Kennedy, PhD—who presented her brilliant AI literacy framework at NDF23—deliver a clear introduction to Generative AI.
Kara will cover the basics of Generative AI tools: how they work, what concerns and ethical issues they raise, and where to get started using them at home and work. The session is designed to demystify Generative AI in an accessible way.
There will also be a follow-up webinar where we walk through prompting examples relevant to GLAMIR folks.
ABOUT KARA
Kara Kennedy, PhD, is an educator, researcher, and writer in the areas of digital and AI literacy, technology, and science fiction. She believes that technology is for everyone and has seen the pressing need for digital and AI literacy and skill-building across all levels of society. She recently launched the AI Literacy Institute as a hub for research-backed guidance, resources, and training in this space.
Her goal is to empower people, especially those in underrepresented groups, to gain confidence and skills in digital technology and artificial intelligence tools so they can not only have a seat at the table, but lead the way in the digital world. Her work as a learning advisor at the University of Canterbury and Manukau Institute of Technology has given her valuable insights into people’s struggles with technology and ways to make it more accessible. She helps bridge the digital divide through her consulting services and delivery of engaging digital and AI skills training.
In the academic sphere, she has published articles on digital and information literacy in Digital Humanities Quarterly and the Asia Pacific Journal of Education, and on the gender gap in Wikipedia in the Women’s Studies Journal (NZ) and She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation. She is the author of three books—Adaptations of Dune, Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion, and Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe—and several articles on science fiction and fantasy literature. She blogs at kennedyhq.com and dunescholar.com.