Curriculum Author & Headliner · Google + Dream Machine Innovation Labs
Dream Machine AI Library Project
Authored the curriculum and headlined a five-city AI Library Project tour — hundreds of community members received hands-on generative AI training, many touching these tools for the first time.
- OpenAI GPT-4
- Prompt Engineering
- AI Literacy Curriculum
- Hands-on Labs
Dream Machine AI Library Project
Public libraries are the most democratic classrooms in America — free to enter, trusted by their neighborhoods, and open to everyone. When Google and Dream Machine Innovation Labs set out to bring generative AI education to underserved communities, the library was the obvious venue. What they needed was a curriculum that could meet a total beginner on a Tuesday afternoon and leave them building by evening.
The curriculum
Marlon authored the tour’s core curriculum around one principle: no prior tech knowledge required — just curiosity. Every session moved from live demonstration to hands-on practice, with participants applying AI to their own real tasks: job applications, small-business marketing, school work, community organizing.
The tour
Across five cities, Marlon headlined sessions hosted in public libraries — rooms filled with students, seniors, entrepreneurs, and career-changers. For many participants it was their first direct experience with generative AI. Each stop was designed around accessibility: plain language, real use cases, and time to practice with support in the room.
Why it matters
Access compounds — and so does its absence. The AI Library Project is the equity-by-design philosophy in practice: if the next wave of technology is going to reshape work, the on-ramp has to run through every neighborhood, not just the ones with conference badges.
The flywheel
This build became a lesson.
Every system Marlon ships turns into teachable patterns — in keynotes, workshops, and executive sessions. Want the lessons from this one, live?