Collective Intelligence Lab

Making Sense of AI, Together

A free, community-centered workshop hosted by the Acosta Institute

Date: January 13
Time: 12:00–2:00 PM ET
Location: Live on Zoom
Free & open to the community

An Invitation

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping how we learn, work, create, and relate to one another. Yet many conversations about AI feel rushed, technical, or disconnected from the lived realities of our communities.

The Collective Intelligence Lab is an open, welcoming space to slow down, ask better questions, and make sense of AI together—with care, curiosity, and critical awareness.

This Lab is designed for people who want to understand AI beyond the hype, explore practical tools without intimidation, and build community-centered AI literacy rooted in human dignity, equity, and collective well-being.

What This Lab Is (and Is Not)

This is not a technical training or a sales pitch for tools.
This is a facilitated, participatory learning space where:

AI is explored in human terms
Community wisdom matters as much as technical knowledge
Questions are just as important as answers
Tool use is grounded in purpose, ethics, and care

Whether you’re brand new to AI or already experimenting with tools, you are welcome here.

What We’ll Explore Together

During this two-hour Lab, participants will:

Make sense of what AI actually is—and how it’s already shaping education, work, creativity, and daily life
Explore community-centered AI literacy, including power, bias, ethics, and social impact
Engage in guided AI tool use, with live demonstrations and low-stakes experimentation
Reflect collectively on how AI can support (or undermine) human flourishing, learning, and care

Build shared language and understanding that participants can bring back to their communities and organizations

Who This Lab Is For

This Lab is designed for:

Educators and school leaders
Nonprofit and community leaders
Creatives, facilitators, and consultants
Students and lifelong learners
Anyone feeling curious, cautious, hopeful, or overwhelmed by AI

No technical background required. No prior AI experience needed.

Why “Collective Intelligence”?

We believe the most important questions about AI cannot be answered alone.

Collective intelligence honors the idea that wisdom emerges through relationship, dialogue, and shared inquiry. In this Lab, AI becomes a mirror—inviting us to reflect on our values, our systems, and the futures we are shaping together.

Faculty

Dr. Angel Acosta

Founder, The Acosta Institute

Dr. Angel Acosta is the founder of the Acosta Institute, a learning and research institute dedicated to integrating healing-centered practices into education, business, and technology. His work focuses on helping individuals, organizations, and communities build capacity to navigate complexity, disruption, and change with care, integrity, and imagination.

Over the past several years, Dr. Acosta has led a range of community-facing AI initiatives, including workshops, study groups, and certificate programs designed to make artificial intelligence more accessible, ethical, and human-centered. His AI work emphasizes community-centered AI literacy, critical reflection on power and impact, and practical tool use grounded in purpose rather than hype. Through offerings such as AI for the Rest of Us, public conversations, and immersive learning experiences, he has supported educators, nonprofit leaders, creatives, and organizational leaders in making sense of AI in ways that center human dignity and collective well-being.

Dr. Acosta also serves as Director of the Fellowship Program at the Garrison Institute and regularly convenes spaces that blend contemplative practice, social inquiry, and emerging technology. Across all of his work, he is committed to fostering collective intelligence and helping communities shape the futures they want to live into.

About the Host

The Collective Intelligence Lab is hosted by the Acosta Institute, a learning and research institute dedicated to integrating healing-centered practices into education, business, and technology.

Our work centers accessibility, ethical reflection, and community capacity-building—especially at moments of rapid change and uncertainty.

Registration

This Lab is free and open to the community.

FREE

Subsidized Admission

✔ Two-hour interactive live workshop via Zoom

✔ Access to recorded session post-event