PÕLVA: practical workshop on safe AI use and risk management

AI answered confidently and added a source, but no such source exists. Would you notice? Here you learn to use AI boldly and safely.

For everyone who uses AI at work or at home, or wants to start. Level: basic; no prior knowledge needed.

Format: 3 hours (4 academic hours) in two parts with a break. Part one: how AI works, sensitive data, scam schemes, responsibility and the EU AI Act. Part two, hands-on: you find an invented answer and make a work query anonymous.

Afterwards you will be able to decide which data may be given to AI; make a query anonymous while keeping the result useful; spot an invented fact or source; recognise a scam letter or a fake picture made with AI.

Before the workshop, think of one task you would like to do with AI but are not sure is allowed. Bring a laptop or smartphone; the free version of tools such as ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini is enough.

Trainer: Julian Kaljuvee, an AI engineer, co-founder of EstoniAI Meetup and AI trainer, with an education in economics, applied mathematics and computer science from Harvard University.

Free; limited places, register via Fienta. Part of Arunädal and the Eesti.ai initiative 'The most AI-savvy nation'.

Wednesday 18 November, 18:00–21:00, Põlva Culture Centre, Kesk 15, Põlva.