Upcoming events: "What is SkepTours?" and "A Skeptic's Guide to Hacking AI"

What is SkepTours?

Thursday, September 18, 8pm US/ET


Chip Denman, Grace Denman, and Scott Snell will discuss the history of SkepTours, NCAS's long-running project to create a SkepTours Google Map featuring places of interest related to science, pseudoscience, folklore, and just plain weirdness. 

From time to time, NCAS has used the map to conduct leisurely walking tours around Washington, D.C. The next will be Wednesday evening, October 22.

This will be a short discussion, online only. There will be an opportunity for online Q&A.




Upcoming: Saturday, Oct 4 at 1:30 PM ET at Morella Library, also livestreamed

A Skeptic's Guide to Hacking AI

James E. Harris, Jr.,  CISSP


Virtually every product and service advertised today claims some use of “AI,” but what is AI, how does it work, and how can it be “hacked?” Jim Harris, a Distinguished Engineer and accredited Model Risk Officer, provides a Skeptic’s take on how Large Language Models (LLMs) work, why they fail, and how you can trick them into exposing their weaknesses.

Jim Harris is a board member of NCAS. He graduated in 1994 from North Carolina State University with a BS in Physics. Since that time, he has worked as a hardware engineer for IBM and Silicon Image, a Special Agent for the FBI, a cybersecurity consultant, a tech startup executive, and a Distinguished Engineer and Model Risk Officer for Capital One Financial.


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