This small town librarian offers a 'Bye, Bye AI' class to take AI off your phone. Now everyone wants in.
A small-town librarian in New York has gone viral for hosting a 'Bye Bye AI' workshop to help community members disable AI features on their personal devices. The event highlights a growing public desire for digital autonomy and technical assistance in navigating the rapid integration of AI tools.
Why it matters
It reflects a grassroots pushback against the ubiquity of AI, signaling a need for better user control and digital literacy in the age of automation.
Shea Wert, library director of the North Chatham Free Library, will be holding a "Bye Bye AI" event to help people turn off AI features on their phones. Shea Wert A small upstate New York library is offering a "Bye Bye AI" event. The librarian will help people turn off AI features on their phones or email. She told BI she's also happy to help people set up AI. The event has gone viral, with people around the world wanting to tune in. North Chatham, a hamlet in upstate New York halfway between Hudson and Albany, doesn't have much going on. You have to go to the next hamlet over for a store or restaurant. There's a church, a post office, and a small public library with only about 800 cardholders.
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