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AI within u3as

Peter Cooper looked at how AI can be used within u3as, including our own.

  1. The u3a Communities webpage on "AI for everyone"
  2. Presentation: AI Overview for u3a Leaders (as given by Alan Freeland 16/5/25)
  3. Discussion: reactions, thoughts, and any examples?
  4. Examples of using ChatGPT by u3a group leaders (as given by Glenys Hart after Alan's talk)
  5. One experience I have had using AI as chair of our u3a for subscription comparisons
    • The raw report, as produced by AI is here and my tidied up version for publications is here
    • The Infographic created by Gemini from the raw report is here
  6. Discussion about how we might personally find AI useful
  7. How people are really using Gen AI in 2025 (If there is a pay wall, I have the document "Using Gen AI in 2025"

During the sessions we did a couple of chats with ChatGPT - everyone can have a look at our questions and its answers below:

The "Introduction to AI for u3a Subject Advisors and Group Leaders" was brought to u3as by the u3a AI Community Project Team, particularly Alan Freeland. The talk is in three parts:

  • an introduction to AI, explain what and where is AI and what are AI Chatbots
  • the Chatbot interface and give a number of examples of how we could be using these AI Chatbots to help us with our u3a roles
  • some practical information on using AI Chatbots such as relating to Reliability, Privacy, and Copyright