Introduction to AI for older people

During our free webinar, Introduction to AI for older people, our expert AbilityNet Digital Skills trainer, Steve Mersereau, outlined the benefits of and things to remember about artificial intelligence (AI). 

On the webinar we discussed:

• What AI is and what it isn't
• A demonstration of some of the most popular free AI tools: Gemini, ChatGPT, CoPilot, Perplexity - showing text and image generation
• What's next with AI and what does it mean?

Watch the video recording below and download the slides and transcript.

Who will benefit from this webinar?

The session will benefit:

• Older people and disabled adults
• Carers of older people or disabled adults
• Health professionals working with older people or disabled adults
• People interested in tech and digital devices
• Web and Accessibility professionals interested in design and digital considerations for older people and disabled adults

If you work for an organisation that helps older people or disabled adults, this webinar shares useful resources and advice to help your clients.

This session is part of AbilityNet's work with telecommunications company BT Group to help older and digitally excluded people to build online skills and confidence.

The recording of this webinar will be uploaded to this page very soon.

Q&A

This webinar ran for 45 minutes and included an opportunity to pose questions to the speaker. Find out more about our webinars in our FAQs information.

Download the presentation slides and transcript

Download the slides used in this webinar [PPT]

Download the transcript for this webinar [DOC]

Meet your trainer

Steve Mersereau

With a background working in IT as a web developer for 20 years, Steve joined the AbilityNet BT Digital Skills team in 2023 and has been delivering digital skills training sessions to older people in London.

Do you know an elderly person or a group of older people or disabled adults who want to know more about using digital devices?

Useful links

• Blog: Using technology to help elderly relatives from afar 
• Sign up to the AbilityNet newsletter for more free resources like this webinar!
• Find out about AbilityNet's Digital accessibility services