# How Do AIs "Think"? And Why They Get Things Wrong

How does a machine actually think?

- Session ID: W03
- Format: Workshop
- 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

- Thursday, October 15, 2026, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (past): https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a9b4e29aafa61002961b09d
- Thursday, December 17, 2026, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (upcoming): https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a9b51cdaafa61002961b2ad

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

## About this session

A hands-on class on what is really going on inside an AI system: how it decides what matters in your question, where its training data comes from and who is missing from it, and how hidden instructions can sneak in and hijack it. No math, just intuition. And the question underneath everything: is there anyone home inside the machine?

## What you can take home

- Slides (PDF) (not yet published)
- Source files (GitHub) (not yet published)

Web page: https://www.ryankelln.com/project/tpl_2026/w03-how-ais-think/
All sessions: https://www.ryankelln.com/project/tpl_2026/index.md