Are you amazed by Artificial Intelligence and its ability to chat, generate stories, write code, music, or produce images? Does it sometimes feel like you’re talking to a thinking being? This talk will take you through the basics of an early Machine Learning method that does the same thing (although not as powerfully), and it is simple enough for you to do with a paper and pencil. This Tech Talk, given by David Levine, Principal Software Engineer at Audible, will help you understand how seemingly creative output can come out of a bunch of fairly simple math functions, without any actual conscious thought behind it. While A.I. is impressive and can be useful, it is also important to understand what it is not. This event will take place on February 25th from 2pm to 3pm ET and be held virtually via Chime: https://chime.aws/2922762238