We agreed to begin our next gathering with a demonstration/primer on how to use AI, which will include a live demonstration walking you through how to go online and use one of the AI tools available.
If time permits, we’ll begin a discuss of the AI-themed readings below. These are all short, so we should plan to consider all of them between our meetings on Nov 7 and 21.
A book extract from Yuval Harari’s book, Nexus:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/24/yuval-noah-harari-ai-book-extract-nexus
An Essay: "Keep the Future Human" by Anthony Aguirre, Future of Life Institute:
https://keepthefuturehuman.ai/essay/docs/executive-summary
NYT Review of a new book on AI: If Everyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Yudkowsky and Soares:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/technology/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-book.html?searchResultPosition=2
