Ask Away: Let's Chat AI & Learn Together

An honest, jargon-free “Ask Us Anything” about AI. Bring your questions – no script, no lecture, just plain-English answers. There is too much noise out there. Headlines are screaming about the apocalypse, vendors are promising magic, and meanwhile, we’re all just trying to figure out what this actually means for our life, our work, and our future. Let’s get back to basics. We believe the best way to learn isn’t through a lecture, but through community. We learn faster when we learn together, asking the questions that actually matter without fear of judgment. We’ve done the heavy lifting so you don’t have to. We have spent the last decade deep in the trenches of AI research—writing the code, publishing the papers, and reading the dense academic journals—so we can distill it down into plain English for you. We filter the signal from the noise. This is an “Ask Us Anything” session. No script. No lecture. Just honest answers. Bring your question and skepticism. Backed up by scientific research, we’ll be discussing questions like: • “Is AI actually smarter than a PhD, or is it just a really confident parrot?” • “When we say AI can ‘see’ or ‘hear,’ what is it actually doing?” • “If I put a policy draft into ChatGPT, who owns it? Does it keep my secrets?” • “Is ‘Prompt Engineering’ a real skill, or just a buzzword?” • “Are we at the age of AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) yet, or is that just sci-fi?” Whether you’re an expert or you’ve never used a chatbot in your life, you belong here. This is a space to clear the fog and build a shared understanding. Joining remotely? If you're joining on your laptop, phone, or via your AI assistant, here's the live event link: https://youtube.com/live/ZyZziH7IAAM Getting there: Workspace by black vc, Level 3, 4 Mort Street, Canberra. Go straight to the lift on the right and we're on Level 3. Hosted by Canberra AI: Plain Talk. Community sponsor: Trellis Data. Supported by Workspace by black vc and Ryujin Labs.