A crowd of 20 or so gathered in the basement of the Hinsdale Public Library on a recent Saturday, many anxious and a little confused but all eager to learn. The morning’s speaker is there to help alleviate the fears, to navigate a path through what, to many, feels like a minefield.

But what, you might wonder, can the slight youth, the tips of his black hair bleached blond, teach to an audience of people, each of whom is old enough to be his grandmother or grandfather?

“AI is not a robot takeover. AI is not conscious and alive,” Isa Ibrahim, 16, tells the gathering not long after he begins his presentation about generative artificial intelligence. In the next hour, the Hinsdale Central High School junior will explain how artificial intelligence can actually help in their daily life — like

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