{"id":317,"date":"2026-09-01T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/ai-education\/?p=317"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:25:45","slug":"ai-action-plan-speaker-series-question-the-machine-generative-ai-the-curious-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/ai-education\/2026\/09\/ai-action-plan-speaker-series-question-the-machine-generative-ai-the-curious-student\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Action Plan Speaker Series: Question the Machine- Generative AI &amp; the Curious Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 id=\"h-ai-action-plan-speaker-series\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI Action Plan Speaker Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please join the Office of the Provost and the School of Engineering for the fourth installment of the&nbsp;AI Action Plan Speaker Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-question-the-machine-generative-ai-amp-the-curious-student\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Question the Machine: Generative AI &amp; the Curious Student<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When: <\/strong>November 19, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>Register to find out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Faculty\/Staff Workshop Part I: <\/em>Foundations of Generative AI for Academia (8am-9:30am)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Faculty\/Staff Workshop Part II: <\/em>Applying Generative AI for Course Development (10am-11:30am)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Lecture for Faculty, Staff &amp; Students: <\/em>Question the Machine: GenAI, Contrarian Thinking, and the Curious tudent (12pm-1pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lunch is included with registration<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/ai-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/Headshot-Dr-Budnik.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" style=\"width:427px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Mark Budnik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Mark Budnik, Carnegie Mellon University, is the inaugural Disney Inspiring Brilliance Teaching Award recipient, and Teaching Professor of Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering. 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