The field of AI is in the news constantly and is changing very rapidly. You will see a wide variety of things called AI these days since it is an attention grabber and good marketing material. Most of the applications that you will run into use a combination of a form of Neural Networks and Expert Systems for computer assistance. We will discuss both types of constructions as we investigate the current state of Computer Assistants, Copilots, Chatbots, etc.

We will be discussing what the latest developments in the news are and what they might mean to you and society in general. Some of the developments will be technical, some will be financial/business, and some will be societal. If the new developments involve new or unfamiliar technologies or terminology, we will take some time to talk about the background needed to understand the news in those cases.

We will spend some time in each of the sessions looking at some specific offerings and what you might expect to be able to do with them if you are interested. Many of the basic functions are still available for free and those will be the ones we will use for most discussions so that you can try them at home.