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Empire of AI Book Club Series: Intro to Gen AI Ethics

In this introductory workshop developed under the Draw Down the Lightning grant, you will engage in hands-on games and activities to explore the core functions of popular generative AI tools, including those available at Penn.

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August 26, 2026, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Research Data and Digital Scholarship Exchange (RDDSx), Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, First Floor
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Open to Penn Students, Faculty, and Staff
Two ceramic-like hands grip and pull on delicate threads that emerge from a "woven circuit board."

Hearing the term "Generative Artificial Intelligence" but not sure what it is or if/when/how to use it? Want to know about the tools and resources available at Penn? This workshop will orient you to some materials to get the lay of the Gen AI landscape at Penn and beyond. 

In this introductory workshop developed under the Draw Down the Lightning grant, you will engage in hands-on games and activities to explore the core functions of popular generative AI tools, including those available at Penn. You will learn how to identify appropriate tools for common tasks and evaluate the reliability of their outputs.

This is an in-person, beginner-friendly, non-technical workshop.

Empire of AI Book Club Series

This workshop is hosted as part of the Empire of AI Book Club Series hosted by the AI Literacy Interest Group at the Penn Libraries. Over the course of several workshops, we'll be discussing AI concepts through the lens of Empire of AI by Karen Hao. Participants are not required to read the book in advance! Find the full list of sessions here.

This session is based on Empire of AI Chapter 4, “Dreams of Modernity.”

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The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy Interest Group at Penn Libraries is a teach-in space where participants will discuss critical AI & technology considerations, striving for a nuanced, informed approach to the capacious possibilities and social implications of the tools that are becoming ubiquitous.

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