Thinking in the Age of Intelligence
LEARNING.WORK.HUMAN FLOURISHING.
Eight weeks. A cohort. Direct access.
Early enrollment open now — Early bird ends April 10, 2026 — Starts May 21, 2026
Generative AI will fundamentally change the world. The question that remains is how we will prepare ourselves for the future that is coming. Will we simply wait and see or will we take this moment to build the capacity, sensitivity, and wisdom necessary to shape the future, not just react to it?
That gap is the problem. And it is going to get more expensive and overwhelming over time — not just professionally, but structurally. The people who shape what happens next will be the ones who can think with, about, and without AI, not just operate it.
“Awareness of the latest tools and capabilities is not the answer. Building the fundamental human capacities necessary to leverage those capabilities - both now and in the future - is the real difference maker.”
For the last two years I have been teaching a smaller, less ambitious form of this course to undergraduate and graduate students. We explore intelligence, both human and artificial, and what they mean for our shared life. We look at the bleeding-edge of research and theory about the future of learning and work. And most importantly we build capacity in areas that will serve us no matter the future: critical thinking, metacognition, nurture and connection, and frameworks to understand the world and our place in it. We aren’t interested in merely witnessing the future. We want to actively shape and reshape it.
This cohort is designed to give you the full exposure of that learning and formation. You will move together with this cohort to the front-edge of some of the most pressing and important questions facing the whole human family, and there you will find resources to lead into that future.
Eight weeks, two modes, one cohort.
The course runs Thursdays from 5:30–7:00pm CST, starting May 21. In-person sessions are held at The Verge in Oklahoma City and simultaneously live-streamed — so every session is available regardless of where you are. All materials, readings, and session recordings are included.
Three physical books (and a whole bunch of research, working papers, reports, and other media). Yours to keep. (No additional cost for materials.)
Three essential reads that ground our reading and learning at the frontier: Richard Hamming’s The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn, David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, and Allison Pugh’s The Last Human Job: Seeing Each Other in an Age of Automation. These texts are my gift to you for participating in this course.
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning How to Learn
Richard Hamming
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
David Graeber
The Last Human Job: Seeing Each Other in an Age of Automation
Allison Pugh
Exploring Generative AI, Learning, Work, and the Future of our Shared Life
We begin thinking at a high level about the nature of intelligence, both human and artificial. We will explore questions about the changing nature of labor, implications for social cohesion, and the pace of progress and change. We return to think about the future of work, what it means to be human in this moment for ourselves, and finally ask how we build a world that is good for us all.
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence + Thinking
In-Person · The Verge, OKC + Live StreamIntelligence: Artificial and Human
OnlineLabor
In-Person · The Verge, OKC + Live StreamSocial Cohesion
OnlineAccelerating Progress + Change
In-Person · The Verge, OKC + Live StreamFuture of Work
OnlineBeing Human in the Age of AI
In-Person · The Verge, OKC + Live StreamThe Age of Intelligence + Human Flourishing
OnlinePost-Course Debrief
In-Person · The Verge, OKC + Live StreamThis course is designed for people who know that our shared future will be shaped by the people and decisions that we collectively make in a very short period of time, and who want to make a difference in that work.
You don't need a technical background. We are not here to code or to launch companies (though you may choose to after this). You are here because you recognize that you need to build something within yourself in this important moment.
- Leaders making decisions about AI adoption in their organizations
- Educators navigating AI in learning environments
- Professionals whose work is being reshaped by AI tools
- Policy and civic leaders who need structural fluency, not just talking points
Not sure if this is for you? Email michael@intersections.ai before enrolling.
Two options. One cohort.
The early bird window is short and intentional. Small cohorts fill from the front. After the early bird deadline, standard pricing applies — if seats remain.
Early Enrollment
Standard price: $699
- 8 sessions · Thursdays 5:30–7:00pm CST · May 21 – Jul 9
- Hybrid — The Verge OKC in-person + live stream every session
- Three physical books — yours to keep
- All readings, frameworks, and course materials
- Session recordings available to all participants
- Cohort capped at 30 participants
- Direct access to Michael throughout
- Personal AI forward-plan from Week 8
- Certificate of completion
Standard + Organizations
Available after April 10, 2026, subject to seat availability
Organizations & Teams — group rates available
Contact for Group Rates
Michael Hanegan
- Founder — Center for the Future of Learning and Work
- Author — Generative AI and Libraries (American Library Association, 2024)
- Policy — Architect of HB1782, the Oklahoma AI Education Innovation Act — $45M investment framework
- Advisor — Oklahoma Education Commission
- Professor — Rose State College (Artificial Intelligence Thinking)
I am the Founder of the Center for the Future of Learning and Work. Since 2021 I have been leading and consulting in the future of work space. In the last three years my work has included serving as an adjunct professor at Rose State College and the University of Central Oklahoma, publishing Generative AI and Libraries: Claiming Our Place in the Center of a Shared Future with the American Library Association, as an advisor to the Oklahoma Education Commission, and a consultant to organizations around the country.
I built this course because a course on the latest tools and applications is a short-sighted approach to leading into the future. The future does not belong to those who keep up with the latest and the greatest, but those who carefully and deeply cultivate the skills, expertise, curiosity, and wisdom to navigate our shared future.
My work centers around the renegotiation of the relationship of learning and work, particularly as it is complicated and expanded by Generative AI. This means that my work spans broad interest and application including educational institutions, governmental and legislative work, and industry collaboration.
This public cohort is small by design. The value is the cohort itself — the cross-sector conversation, the shared primary sources, and the eight weeks of working through hard problems together. I am not offering a certification. I am offering agency, and an ability to see the uncertainty of the present moment with a greater degree of understanding and mission.
Questions before enrolling? michael@intersections.ai
What people usually ask.
Thirty seats. One cohort. Starts May 21, 2026.
Early bird pricing through April 10, 2026 — first come, first served.
EnrollCohort capped at 30 participants · Certificate of completion provided · All sessions recorded
Let's build the future together.
Whether you're a policymaker, university president, faculty member, librarian, CEO, or edtech founder — if you're working at the intersection of AI, learning, and work, I'd love to connect.