ACM Youngstown

This is our Remote General Assembly Meetings. For General Assembly meetings, there will be reports from the treasurer, secretary, and committee heads. We will have article discussions and lightning talks. Please RSVP to our meetings and you will receive an email the day before our meeting with zoom credentials.

We are changing our monthly meeting to the 1st SUNDAY of the month from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EST. We hope this will be more beneficial to our members and friends.

REMOTE TECH TALK 101: How AI is Reshaping Higher Education and Librarianship

This talk explores the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education and libraries. Trevor will discuss how AI is changing research and how AI is being used in the classroom. This discussion also emphasizes the importance of AI literacy, comparing and contrasting state and federal executive orders on AI and generative AI, how this factor for educators and students in an AI-integrated future, and the steps that Mason Libraries and other libraries across the world have taken to prepare for the future of AI.

This presentation will be followed by an OPEN DISCUSSION:
Is OpenAI AGI Pioneers or Scamsters?

Here is some background information about this topic:

# The Man Behind ChatGPT (Sam Altman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKaVb3jc2No

# The Entire OpenAI Chaos Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yjc8AulnDk

# Debate: Will ChatGPT Do More Harm Than Good? with Gary Marcus and Keith Teare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK35NH3UL1c

ARTICLES:

# The OpenAI-Microsoft Drama Is a Reminder That Profits Are King. Here’s Why.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/the-openai-microsoft-drama-is-a-reminder-that-profits-are-king-here-s-why/ar-AA1khzJd

# Opinion: OpenAI’s drama marks a new and scary era in artificial intelligence

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-11-29/openai-sam-altman-firing-chatgpt-artificial-intelligence

Agenda:
(Times are Eastern Daylight Time)

• 6:00pm - Brief Intro
• 6:05pm - Presentation
• 6:30 PM - Q&A
• 6:45 PM - Open Discussion: Is OpenAI the AGI Pioneers or Scamsters?
• 7:30 PM - Closing

Note: This tech talk is co-sponsored by George Mason University. The Zoom credential will be provided after Meetup RSVP. This discussion will be recorded.

This is our Remote General Assembly Meetings. For General Assembly meetings, there will be reports from the treasurer, secretary, and committee heads. We will have article discussions and lightning talks. Please RSVP to our meetings and you will receive an email the day before our meeting with zoom credentials.

We are changing our monthly meeting to the 1st SUNDAY of the month from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EST. We hope this will be more beneficial to our members and friends.

This is our Remote General Assembly Meetings. For General Assembly meetings, there will be reports from the treasurer, secretary, and committee heads. We will have article discussions and lightning talks. Please RSVP to our meetings and you will receive an email the day before our meeting with zoom credentials.

We are changing our monthly meeting to the 1st SUNDAY of the month from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EST. We hope this will be more beneficial to our members and friends.