Workshop: Becoming a Savvy AI User: What Everyone Should Know

Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday work, education, and communication, but using AI effectively requires more than knowing how to write a prompt. This interactive workshop introduces the foundations of AI literacy, including how generative AI works, ethical and intellectual property considerations, privacy risks, and strategies for identifying AI-generated content. Participants will explore real-world examples, discuss emerging challenges, and leave with practical guidelines for using AI responsibly, protecting personal information, and critically evaluating AI-generated text, images, and media. Participants will learn to: Explain the basic concepts behind generative AI and large language models. Recognize ethical, copyright, and intellectual property considerations when using AI. Identify privacy risks and understand what information should (and should not) be shared with AI tools. Evaluate AI-generated content and recognize common indicators of synthetic text, images, audio, and video. Apply practical strategies for responsible and informed AI use.