Before talking to experts you could start out working through intro materials so you will have clueful and specific questions for the experts.
The old Python usenet group had an informal custom that the more knowledgable users weren't expected to spend much time on newbie questions. If you were a newbie, you'd mostly ask easy questions (say about the break statement) that intermediate level users could answer, so they would. After a while, you'd become intermediate level yourself, and then you'd get to answer newbie questions, while more advanced users would answer your now intermediate-level questions, and so on. Finally, the big time gurus were lurking about and they would mostly answer questions that really needed attention from experts.
I felt like I'd "arrived" when one day, Guido van Rossum himself answered one of my questions. It wasn't that great or advanced a question, but still.
So yeah, if you're a beginner, maybe you can just post your questions or watch some videos, or take a class.
As for beginner AI stuff, I liked the fast.ai videos when I started watching them a few years ago, though I didn't get through that many. They have since been redone, so if I wanted to get into the subject, I'd start with them again at the beginning. I don't think I'd try to engage experts until I'd gotten through all the videos and tried other ways to deal with any stumbling blocks.