I gave this seminar talk on digital literacy, on what it means to navigate an information age where algorithms, not dictionaries, decide what we see. The talk traces the path from everyday algorithmic systems (autocomplete, recommendations, feedback loops) through machine learning to generative AI and next-token prediction, and closes on the questions that matter most: which tool to use when, AI and jobs, bias and fairness, hallucination, and data privacy.

The seminar was followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Nidhal Guessoum, the Shaikha Nama Endowed Chair in Education Across Disciplines. The event was a collaboration between the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) and the endowed chair. The other panelists were Dr. Ayman Alzaatreh from the Department of Mathematics, who teaches data science, and Mrs. Kara Jones, University Librarian, accompanied by Dr. Alanna Ross, Associate University Librarian.