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AI is becoming integrated into many of the tools we use, but how we use it and what we choose to use it for is not inevitable. Library workers can help shape the direction society takes with these technologies.

Rather than treating AI as either a miracle or a menace, we’ll take a balanced, hopeful, and hands-on approach. We’ll take inspiration from solutions journalism, an approach that examines how people, communities, and institutions respond to problems and investigates which responses are making meaningful differences.

We’ll go beyond chatbots to explore emerging forms of AI, including vibe-coding, agentic AI, and other ways AI can help people work with information. You’ll leave with practical ideas, adaptable activities, and inspiration for using AI in ways that strengthen human judgment, creativity, accessibility, and learning.