196A) Beyond the Hype: What AI Really Is (and Isn't)
 

Cut through AI noise with research-driven, skeptical inquiry. There’s real material prepared—the “eager intern” mental model, perspectives from Ted Chiang to the history of technology, and practical ways to judge AI claims for yourself—but the session is shaped by your questions. Bring what genuinely puzzles or worries you about AI; ideally, we make this a twoway conversation, not a one-way talk. Together we’ll move past doomsday predictions and breathless hype to what AI actually is, where it comes from, and when it truly helps. Come with curiosity and the questions on your mind.