The cable bill, cut in half
Our bill had drifted to 214 dollars a month, for television and internet, and I know this because I finally read it, which is the first step and the one everyone skips. The audit took an evening with the machine and saved 97 dollars a month without losing a thing we watch, and here is the recipe, with the honest parts included. Photograph the bill, paste it in, and ask the three questions. What am I paying for, line by line, in English. Which of these lines are promotional rates about to expire. And what does this same package cost a new customer today, because the gap between the loyal price and the new customer price is your negotiating margin. Ours was 43 dollars before the expiring promotions were even counted. The script for the cancellation call is where the machine shines. It drafted the opening line that works, I am calling to cancel television and keep internet, because retention is the department with the discounts and you have to actually mean it, and it rehearsed me against the three standard deflections, the bundle math, the we can offer twelve dollars, the let me transfer you, until I could stay pleasant and immovable. Twenty six minutes on the phone. Ninety seven dollars a month, kept our channels through a streaming box the machine also helped set up, and the internet alone at the new customer rate. The annual call is now on the calendar, because the drift comes back, it always comes back. Bring your bill to class. We will read it together, and you will never dread it quite the same way again.
Want the hands-on version? Come try it at a free class →
AI, in plain English three small answers, no jargon
AI that sees, hears, and reads
Multimodal AI works across photos, charts, audio, and text in one conversation. Show it your open fridge and ask what to cook; that is roughly today's level.
What AI actually is
AI is software that learns patterns from huge numbers of examples instead of following hand-written rules. Show it enough photos of cats and it starts recognizing cats; no one ever defined a cat for it.
How AI learns
Picture a cook who has read millions of recipes but never tasted food. AI learns patterns from examples at enormous scale, which is both its strength and the reason it can be confidently odd.
On September 20, 1853, at the foot of Vark Street, Elisha opened his elevator works. Elisha Otis is said to have publicized his product in 1854 by a dramatic public demonstration at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York City. His sons Charles and Norton continued their father’s business, eventually incorporating it as Otis Brothers and Company. (It was not until 1898 that the business was renamed the Otis Elevator Company.) Also In 1861, the Otis plant relocated several blocks to the north.
From the library's own site, source.
Visit or contact
- Address: One Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701
- Phone: 914-375-7940
- Website and hours: ypl.org/riverfront-library
- System: Westchester Library System
Hours change with the season, so we link the library's own site instead of copying a schedule that could go stale.
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 Yonkers Public Library (Riverfront) and we will count you in when we schedule one there.
What you’ll find there
- Museum passes
- Meeting and study rooms
- Notary services
- Free Wi-Fi
- 3D printing / makerspace
- Library of Things
- Printing, copying, scanning
- Local history and genealogy
- Story time
- Citizenship help
Collected from the library’s own website. Availability changes — confirm details on their site.
Two free AI classes for Yonkers Public Library (Riverfront)
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:
Email us for available dates →
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 Yonkers Public Library (Riverfront) — 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 →