# Peek Inside an AI Assistant: How It Thinks and Works

You have asked a chatbot questions. This is the other kind of AI: the kind that acts.

- Session ID: W02
- Format: Workshop
- Where: North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M2N 5N9
- Moderator: Ryan Kelln, Innovator in Residence, Applied AI

## When and how to register

- Thursday, October 8, 2026, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (past): https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a9b4dfc3b6c71003e5de6c9
- Tuesday, December 15, 2026, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm (upcoming): https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a9b51c6aafa61002961b2ab

Registration is through the library. Ask the person before registering them. Availability can change, so treat the library's event page as the authority.

## About this session

A demo-driven look at always-on AI assistants that read your files, use your apps, and remember what you have told them. We open up what happens inside: the hidden instructions, the tools it reaches for, what it keeps and what it forgets, and what can go wrong when something else gets hold of those powers.

## What you can take home

- Slides (PDF) (not yet published)
- Source files (GitHub) (not yet published)

Web page: https://www.ryankelln.com/project/tpl_2026/w02-inside-an-ai-assistant/
All sessions: https://www.ryankelln.com/project/tpl_2026/index.md