AI 101 Series - The Skills Non-Technical People Need to Thrive in the AI Era

AI is changing work fast, and if you’re not technical, it can feel messy, intimidating, and hard to keep up with. In this session, Arjita Sethi will break down the specific skills non-technical people need to stay confident and effective in the AI era, without the jargon or hype.
You’ll leave with a clear, named skill set you can actually use, plus a practical framework for calming the AI panic spiral and focusing on what matters most. Expect a lively, encouraging conversation that makes the topic feel a lot more doable, and maybe even fun.
Arjita Sethi is the founder of Build with AI University, where she teaches non-technical people to build real things with AI. She has been teaching entrepreneurship at San Francisco State University for 9 years and serves on advisory boards at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and Harvard Business Review. In 2017 she founded a venture-backed AI and education technology company, inspired by Neal Stephenson's science fiction novel The Diamond Age, that became a semifinalist in the Global Learning XPRIZE, the $15 million competition sponsored by Elon Musk. More recently she vibe-coded Shaanti, an AI-powered Ayurvedic wellness platform, from scratch, and is a certified Ayurvedic health teacher.