
AI Literacy Workshop
- When
- Wednesday, November 25, 202610:00 AM – 11:00 AM CSTAdd to calendarGoogle Calendar
- Where
- Albert B. Alkek Library - Room 105Open in Maps
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About
AI Literacy for Students
This workshop will provide an overview of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) actually works, giving students the awareness and background knowledge to use AI tools with more skill, confidence, and judgment. Students will experience how AI functions, discuss its real-world impacts, and learn where to trust, question, verify, or refuse a tool's output.
Topics Include:
• What We Mean by AI: Generative Tools, How They Work, and Their History
• Behind the Scenes: The Environmental and Infrastructure Costs of AI
• Privacy and AI Agents: What Happens to Your Data and Conversations
• Hallucination: Why AI Output Always Needs to Be Fact-Checked
• Sycophancy: Recognizing When AI Tells You What You Want to Hear
This course is in-person only. No prior AI experience or programming experience is required.