STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 \u201cThe Future of Work with AI,\u201d will be held Tuesday, April 16 at Tarleton State University\u2019s Dick Smith Library in Stephenville. The in-person and virtual summit begins at noon and is free to the university community and the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States Copyright Office will present, \u201cMeet the Copyright Office\/Copyright Basics.\u201d Through this presentation, attendees will learn the importance of copyright and resources to access for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also featured will be interactive events from Tarleton State\u2019s new International Artificial Intelligence and Communication Institute (IAICI), including demonstrations, panel discussions, and idea generation. The session begins at 1 p.m. and will include an AI how-to session from IAICI Industry Fellow CareyLyn Ryan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The demonstration, \u201cLucidspark, Google Gemini, Pi.AI, Claude, and Canva Magic Studio\u201d, will provide attendees with easy ways to integrate AI into everyday activities at home, work, and in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 1:45 p.m., IAICI Fellows, Alba Zarate and Amber Taylor will present, \u201cUser Experience and Artificial Intelligence (UX and AI)\u201d and at 2:10 p.m. Bill Leaverton and Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards will present \u201cAI and Small Business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Humanities and health themed sessions are next. \u201cAI, Ethics, and the Humanities,\u201d presented by Dr. Katrina Hinson from the Tarleton State Writing Center, Chris Ireland from the university\u2019s visual arts and design department and Dr. Karl Aho from the philosophy program, begins at 3:05 p.m. The session will be facilitated by Erath Engaged and Dr. Subi Gandhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 3:30 p.m. session, \u201cVirtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)\u201d, will be facilitated by IAICI Fellow Mark Mazuera, and Daniel Andreev, co-founder of PsyTech. The presentation will feature a demonstration of PsyTech technology focused on AI and mental health therapy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The summit will end with a discussion panel of undergraduate, graduate and industry professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those in attendance will receive a five hour “AI and the Workplace” participation certificate after the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The summit is sponsored by the Texas Social Media and Rural Communication Research Institute, Tarleton State Communication Studies, Tarleton Extension Education, and Erath Engaged, as part of the 14th annual Texas Social Media Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Participants can register for the conference by visiting <\/p>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/thefutureofworkwithai24\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 \u201cThe Future of Work with AI,\u201d will be held Tuesday, April 16 at Tarleton State University\u2019s Dick Smith Library in Stephenville. The in-person and virtual summit begins …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":50141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":382,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,423,424],"tags":[463,440,442],"class_list":["post-50702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","tag-ai","tag-college-of-liberal-fine-arts","tag-community-events"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/02\/Dick-Smith-Library_Featured-Image-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Academics & Research<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Academics & Research<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Artificial Intelligence<\/a>","College of Liberal & Fine Arts<\/a>","Community Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Artificial Intelligence<\/span>","College of Liberal & Fine Arts<\/span>","Community Events<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 11 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 11, 2024","modified":"Updated on May 13, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 11, 2024 2:15 pm","modified":"Updated on May 13, 2025 9:41 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Entrance of Dick Smith Library with brick exterior and a bench.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53288,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50702\/revisions\/53288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
For more information, contact Dr. Edwards at jtedwards@tarleton.edu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"