MYFest26: AI Resistance Training (Mark C. Marino)

MYFest info at https://myfest.equityunbound.org/ Mark C. Marino facilitates this MYFest session held on June 9, 2026. "AI Resistance Training" Can we learn about AI by sparring with it? In this workshop, we’ll try writing exercises that use AI as a foil or opposing force to test ideas rather than generate them, to challenge rather than affirm. These exercises and tools will help demystify the technology and break the spell of anthropomorphization. This session will be a mix of hands-on exercises engaging and pushing back against AI systems intermixed with reflection and discussion about the potential for this to help students develop their critical thinking.