AI for the Rest of Us:
An Interactive Community Conference
Recordings
February 8th, 2026
Welcome
We’re so glad you’re here and to welcome you to AI for the Rest of Us: An Interactive Community Conference. At a moment when artificial intelligence is rapidly shaping how we learn, work, and relate, this gathering was created as a space to slow down, get grounded, and explore AI together in human terms.
This page serves as your home base for accessing the conference recordings. You’ll find each session available below, along with space to revisit ideas, questions, and practices that emerged throughout the day. We hope you return to these conversations as often as they’re useful, and that they continue to support your learning, reflection, and community-centered experimentation with AI.
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Opening Session
Opening
with Vincent Hunt & Dr. Angel Acosta
OPENING SESSION
with Vincent Hunt & Dr. Acosta
Step into a space of shared inquiry as we begin AI for the Rest of Us: An Interactive Community Conference with a grounding opening dialogue. Together, we’ll explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping learning, creativity, and community and why collective intelligence, ethical orientation, and human discernment are essential as we navigate these changes. This opening invites participants to set shared intentions and orient toward a day of thoughtful, community-centered exploration.
Live Session 1
Learning, Healing, and Human Dignity in an AI Age
with Comeshia Willliams, Dr. Linda Noble, Joshua. Abiazar
8:30am - 9:50am PST | 11:30pm - 12:50pm EST
Learning, Healing, and Human Dignity in an AI Age
with Comeshia Willliams, Dr. Linda Noble, Joshua. Abiazar
This session explores how AI can support adult learning and healing when designed around emotional safety, reflection, and care. Each speaker will offer a short framing and guide participants through an activity aligned with dignity-centered learning practices.
Live Session 2
AI in Learning Communities: Practice, Creativity, and Boundaries
with Stephanie Knox Steiner, Desiree Aspiras, Rachel Davis
2:00pm - 3:30am PST | 1:00pm - 2:20pm EST
AI in Learning Communities: Practice, Creativity, and Boundaries
with Stephanie Knox Steiner, Desiree Aspiras, Rachel Davis
A practice-forward session exploring how AI is being used with learning communities rather than on them. Speakers invite participants into activities that surface creativity, embodied awareness, and the boundaries required for ethical use.
Live Session 3
Power, Ownership, and Community-Centered AI
with Tracey Lenhardt, Erica Hernandez-Scott, Oswaldo Montoya
11:30am - 12:45pm PST | 2:30pm - 3:45pm EST
