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Spring 2026 OLLI Manchester - May 13, 20, 27 1PM <preview link, AI generated>
With the rapidly evolving area of AI, this class is targeted at looking at recent announcements, TED talks, and other resources to identify what is going on, and discuss how it may be affecting society, us, etc.
Targeted as a UNH OLLI program that may well repeat as the years go by and AI evolves (until we turn it over to an AI facilitator)
The Resource List is an ongoing expansion, better sorted I think, for my composite AI/Social Media classes <here>
And consider joining the OLLI AI SIG <here> or the IEEE NH AI Local Group (a bit more technical) <email list> <online community>
Spring 2026:
Concepts:
Large Language Models
Singularity/Super-intelligence
Possible, probable, problematic?? (For a fun look at this, check out my short story JenAI )
Recent Hype -- Pundit Perspectives
Citrini Research "2028" scenario <The Global Intelligence Crisis > Feb 2026
Something Big is Brewing; Mat Shumer; <blog post> 9 Feb 2026
Dario Amodei - Adolescence of Technology (Country of Geniuses analogy) Jan 2026
How Malicious AI Swarms can threaten democracy, Science, Jan 2026
What Is an AI Anyway? | Mustafa Suleyman (Microsoft AI CEO) | TED (2024) 22 min
AI revolution is underhypted ; Eric Schmidt, TED (2025) predicts super-intelligence within a few years 25 min
Counter Points:
2024; "The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence"
"Costs" - Power requirements, cooling (water), human training ...
