This is an online only session that will take place using the National u3a Zoom platform. To book click/select Eventbrite - Introducing AI and AI in Scotland. This will take you to the Eventbrite website where you can reserve your place. There is no fee involved and you do not need to have nor create an Eventbrite account.

The session will be led by Alan Freeland, u3a Subject Adviser for AI, together with Alan Blue from Forth Valley u3a. It will be an informal and accessible introduction to AI, with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion.

Session Outline

The talk is in two parts with a break between. Including time for questions and comments the session will last 90 minutes.

In the first part Alan Freeland will give an introduction to AI, what makes it different from previous technologies and why it will be as transformational as the Industrial Revolution. We will learn that AI is already everywhere and that we interact with AI everyday. We will look at how u3a members up and down the country are already using AI.

If you are interested in continuing your journey of discovering AI in Scotland, Alan Blue will share with us news about his newly formed Demystifying AI Group in Forth Valley u3a. Alan Blue will also introduce us to other u3a Groups in Scotland with AI activities.

There will be plenty of time for questions and comments.