Yonkers, New York

Grinton I. Will Branch

Two free 90-minute AI classes for your patrons — no presenter fee for the library.

Learning to draw at 71

The art teacher at the senior center retired, the class died, and the watercolors went in the closet, and that is where they stayed until my daughter asked, point blank, what I was saving them for. The honest answer was instruction. I can follow a YouTube video, but the video cannot see my painting, and the gap between the screen and my page was where my confidence leaked out. The chat programs close that gap in the most obvious way and almost nobody our age has tried it. You photograph your own work and ask for the critique. I painted the barn from the photograph, I said, attached both, and asked, what is working, what is the one thing to fix next, be specific, be encouraging, and treat me as a beginner with a good eye. The critique that came back was better than patient. It noticed the perspective error in the roofline, exactly where my unease had been, prescribed one exercise, and had me paint the same barn three more times across two weeks, each iteration with its own critique. A course built itself around my exact weaknesses, which is the thing no book and no video has ever done. Six months in, the barn hangs in the kitchen, and the closet is empty again in the good direction. The machine does not have taste, and it says so if you ask. What it has is eyes on your work, any hour, for nothing, and the patience to teach the same roofline forty times. That was the missing teacher, it turns out, or near enough.

AI, in plain English three small answers, no jargon

AI safety in one breath

A whole research field works on keeping AI accurate, fair, and controllable. It moves slower than the hype and matters more than skeptics admit.

AI that checks the shelf

The best AI answers now come from systems that search real sources before writing. It is the difference between answering from memory and actually walking to the shelf.

AI's energy bill

Large AI systems use real electricity and water, and companies are racing to shrink that footprint. Everyday queries are light; the honest answer is that the total is growing and being worked on.

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Get an AI class here

Path one: ask the library directly. Patron requests carry real weight with program coordinators, and their website and phone number are linked above.

Path two: tell us you want a class at Grinton I. Will Branch and we will count you in when we schedule one there.

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What you’ll find there

  • Museum passes
  • Notary services
  • Library of Things
  • Local history and genealogy
  • Story time
  • Tax help
  • Homebound delivery
  • E-books, audiobooks (Libby/OverDrive)
  • Kids and family programs

Collected from the library’s own website. Availability changes — confirm details on their site.

Two free AI classes for Grinton I. Will Branch

Live, beginner-friendly, 90 minutes each. Your first two classes cost $0, including the presenter fee — bring us in, see how your community responds, then decide.

For library staff

Reply “send dates” to our email and we’ll send available times within a day. Or start here:

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No presenter fee. No contract. You provide the room, chairs and wifi — we bring everything else.

How booking works · browse all six class topics (no email needed)

I’m a patron of this library

Want a class here? Leave your email and we’ll tell you if one gets scheduled at Grinton I. Will Branch — and pass the count to their program coordinator.

One email only when scheduling news exists. Or call the library and say you’d attend — patron requests carry real weight.

Heard about us from a neighbor? Forward this page to whoever books programs at your library.

Is this a sales pitch to our patrons?

No. Nothing is sold or pitched in the room, and patrons never pay to attend. Take-home materials are free.

What’s the catch on “two free classes”?

None, and here is the model: your first two classes cost you nothing, we collect attendance and feedback, and the next library books us because yours proved it works. Repeat classes after that are a modest honorarium sized to your budget.

What do we need to provide?

A room, chairs, and wifi. We bring the projector, adapters, a backup hotspot, printed handouts — every attendee leaves with a printed AI cheat sheet.

Library AI Courses teaches free, live, 90 minute AI classes at public libraries across the region. A listing here is a directory entry, not an endorsement by the library. Classes get scheduled when a library books one or enough patrons ask. Library staff: how booking works →