Hi everyone! We're running a free online two-hour workshop called AI Basics: Thrills or Chills?, an interactive film-based crash course/discussion about AI for non-technical people. It's been run  for Cornell, Cambridge, the World Bank, the UK Cabinet Office etc.

Feedback on session for civil servants at the UK Home Office
The UK Home Office is roughly equivalent in the US to the Department of Homeland Security, plus the Department of Justice, plus the Department of the Interior.

An anonymous post-session survey conducted by the UK Home Office found that: 

• 89% of participants said they were “extremely likely” to recommend the session to a friend or colleague; 11% said they were “very likely” to recommend it.
• 67% said it made a very great/extreme change to their feeling of the importance of the AI revolution
• 89% said it made a very great/extreme change to their understanding of the social implications of AI
• 100% said the interactive, discussion-based format is better/much better than traditional e-Learning
• 100% said it was valuable/very valuable to hear other participants' feelings and opinions; and to express their own feelings and opinions - rather than just passively listen to experts / watch video
• Opinion change: at the start of the session, the majority of participants said the AI revolution was only as important as “the internet”; at the end of the session, the majority of participants said the AI revolution was as important as “the industrial revolution” or “the evolution of humans”
   

🗓️ Thursday 15 January, 7:00pm-9:00pm GMT
👉 Sign-up link: https://tinyurl.com/ai-basics-jan-15