Amelia A. said:

Thank you, CIN! I could not have passed it without the CIN sessions.

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Well done!

Great topic

Rick Butler said:

There are definitely some things in the AI world that are making people defer to it, rather that traditional methods of getting help. However, to me, this seems much like blaming the screwdriver manufacturer for injury because the person stuck the tool in his eye, blaming the fork for obesity, and so forth.

There is a societal epidemic with regards to mental health. That much is so true these days. And while I don't want to get into a long dialogue about mental health, I would often wonder, where was the person's family - since now, they are seeking damages in what they are trying to make as a wrongful death suit. How concerned were they about their own family member who may have been exhibiting signs of paranoid delusion?

One might argue the topics of explainable vs. non-explainable models with respect to AI, but this article seemed to omit any details about Soelberg's (and family)'s responsibility in all this. Is there personal responsibility to be had with respect to human interaction with AI - or is this another example of the woman blaming McDonalds for burns to her lap from spilling hot coffee on it, just because the cup didn't say 'hot'?

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I could not agree with Rick more.

There is legislation being offered and considered in several states seeking to 'regulate' AI. If you follow the status of that in California you'll likely find that sponsors have brought in supporter to testify about this and similar cases. I watched some of this testimony offered by parents of an adolescent who took their own life. It was wrenching and I felt for these people. But in the end they acknowledged that they knew this youth had issues. They knew that this youth was spending copious amounts of time using a chatbot. They attempted to intervene; sadly unsuccessfully. But should a state attempt to regulate a technology? Why isn't anyone asking is there a better way to protect people from themselves. When my son was a minor and misbehaved I took his electronic devices away or disabled his account. Why don't parents and loved ones do that?

To move slightly off AI while still on my soapbox. I'm a resident of Florida. It's a great state. But unfortunately a law enforcement trend is to very publicly arrest juveniles who use cellular devices to threaten other youths, make bomb threats, or report imaginary crimes. How do interactions with law enforcement help produce better citizens? They don't. We need to stop criminalizing these children and pursue their parents and guardians.

I'm not sure if this post is a question regarding slides for Linux+, but one thing that I should note for posterity is that LLMs can accurately generate any PPT/summary content related to Linux if you provide it a detailed list of topics (e.g., from a table of contents).

An example prompt could be:

I need to generate a PPT slide deck for a topic within a Linux course I'm teaching.
If I paste in a list of the topics I plan to cover in a day, could you generate me slide deck content (bullets, including relevant command examples where appropriate)?

Of course, you'll have to review the content to ensure it is relevant for your group (often reducing content provided by the LLM), and add any commands you wish to focus on that the LLM didn't provide. Plus, feel free to leverage and/or repurpose the topic structure and labs I created for the Linux+ TTT from https://github.com/jasoneckert/LinuxTTT (none of this was created using the help of LLMs, however - I've just been doing Linux for a very very long time ;-)

Rick Butler said:

Sorry man, but the only thing I can see is the "dome", buddy. I dare say, they are not seeing the title of the book...just...the...dome.

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The dome draws their attention, the book delivers the message. Classic two-stage pedagogy

Stephen Schneiter said:

Hi Greg, yes we will offer a TTT series for the new SecAI+. We are working on finalizing the date and number of sessions now. I would check back here in the CIN community for an announcement in January as we will post it as soon as everything is locked in. The start date will be around the time of the exam launch as that is when the course content will be available.

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Thank you sir

Hi Folks! The Assessments are available! Apparently, there was one button that I failed to click when setting up the course! But, it is active now, and you can go in and take the assessments as Nick demonstrated. Apologies for the confusion and inconvenience.

Greg Porter said:

I see the CompTIA SecAI+ is scheduled to launch on February 17, 2026, Is there going to be TTT for it? If so is there a current estimated timeline?

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Hi Greg, yes we will offer a TTT series for the new SecAI+. We are working on finalizing the date and number of sessions now. I would check back here in the CIN community for an announcement in January as we will post it as soon as everything is locked in. The start date will be around the time of the exam launch as that is when the course content will be available.