Why Does AI Make Mistakes?

Date: 13 November 2025
Location: Zoom Online Meeting

Feature Presentation:
Why Does AI Make Mistakes?

Presented by Dina Schlesinger and math teacher Mimi Cukier

Why did an AI postcard place the Statue of Libert in Tokyo?
Why did a rocket explode?
Why was a legal brief written by AI riddled with errors?

Dina and Mimi discuss problems with the binary system and how AI sees patterns --- but doesn't always get the facts straight.

Bonus Features

  • Hank Kee will give us tips and tricks about how to do emergency recovery on a Windows computer.
  • Brendan Kidwell shares two free tools for quick image editing and conversion which run in your browser.