# AI and Young People: The Future of Thinking

Young people are the first generation growing up with AI everywhere.

- Session ID: P01
- Format: Panel and Q&A
- Where: North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M2N 5N9
- Moderator: Ryan Kelln, Innovator in Residence, Applied AI

## When and how to register

- Saturday, October 3, 2026, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (past): https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a9b4dee3b6c71003e5de6c7

Registration is through the library. Ask the person before registering them. Availability can change, so treat the library's event page as the authority.

## Panelists

- Dashiel Carrera, Incoming Assistant Professor of Arts and Machine Creativity, HKUST (https://www.dashielcarrera.com/)
- Diana Maliszewski, Teacher-Librarian, Toronto District School Board (https://mondaymollymusings.blogspot.com/)
- Ronit Novak, Founder and Editorial Director of The Grain (https://ronitnovak.com/)
- Omar Shahin, Master's Student at Toronto Metropolitan University

## About this session

An honest conversation about AI and youth: what young people are actually doing with it, what worries them, and what adults keep getting wrong. Audience questions welcome. This is not a lecture about cheating. It is the older conversation about thinking for yourself, now that digital intelligences are developing too.

## What you can take home

- Recording of the panel (not yet published)

Transcript: not published yet.

Web page: https://www.ryankelln.com/project/tpl_2026/p01-ai-and-young-people/
All sessions: https://www.ryankelln.com/project/tpl_2026/index.md