Argonne STEM Summit 2026: AI & the Future of STEM Education

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A day in the life in YOUR AI FUTURE

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AI NOTES from Dan’s AI Keynote

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One-Sentence Takeaway

Use AI to make co

Summary

AI changes how work gets do

Action Items

[ ] Ask the credit-union prompt below, then choose one opportunity to explore. Ask follow-up questions about the work,

Key Ideas

Assistance with accountability

AI can help with the work while people remain responsible for its purpose, quality, and consequences.

Credit union member services opportunities

Start with the question used in the keynote:

What are 9 ways AI will change the work of operations, member experience, technology, and innovation leaders responsible for member-owned financial services at U.S. credit unions while improving service, retaining staff, and building skills under resource limits, regulation, fraud, cyber threats, and policy pressure?

The nine opportunities in the keynote materials sit within the three areas discussed onstage. Use them as starting points for your own work; people remain accountable for service and decisions.

Responsive member service

  • AI DRAFTS REPLIES from approved policies for staff review

  • Member feedback becomes AI GROUPED THEMES for service improvements

  • Turn member conversations into AI HANDOFF SUMMARIES

Talk Flow

1. Recognize the next change in work

  • A career shaped by technology

    • Dan's journey from a Tampa trailer park to Google introduced the possibility of doing more with better tools.

CLOSING MESSAGE: Expand collaboration & turn the pyramid over

  • Flip the work pyramid

    • Make the foundational work more efficient, then spend the recovered time on harder problems, better decisions, and better member services.

    • We will always need people to solve, decide, and imagine.

Thank you!