Data + AI User Group - November

Registration Required: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/2022077345

Join the Data + AI User Group on Friday, November 13 from noon to 1 p.m. All Research Park events are free; however, registration is required to ensure that we have adequate seating and food for all participants. 

Welcome to Data + AI - a meetup group for anyone in the Champaign-Urbana area interested in exploring the exciting field of Artificial Intelligence and its real-world applications. Our group aims to provide a platform for learning, networking, and collaboration among individuals and organizations working with AI or looking to get started in this field. We welcome anyone interested in learning more about AI, including students, professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts. Whether you're just starting or have years of experience working with AI, this group is for you. Our primary goal is to foster a community of AI enthusiasts and experts where we can share knowledge, exchange ideas, and collaborate on AI-related projects. We aim to cover a broad range of topics related to AI, including machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and more.

This week's topic is "Artificial Intelligence is Artificial, Or: Why 1000 Agents Chained to 1000 Terminals Will Eventually Hack Hugging Face"

Artificial intelligence has made waves in the news for breaking the economy, math, the internet, cybersecurity, and anything else that computers are involved in. With the constant headlines, it is difficult to understand what is going on and what you should care about. I can’t help you with any of that. Instead, I’d like to walk you through how your perception of AI is likely flawed, propose an alternative way of understanding AI, and potentially replace your current existential crisis with a bunch of new ones along the way.

This week's speaker is Jacob Love, founder and CEO of ClearPointer, building AR glasses that help ordinary people do extraordinary things. Before starting ClearPointer, Jacob co-founded and served as CTO of Zite AI, an EnterpriseWorks company that used AI to forecast patient volumes for healthcare providers. He holds a master’s in computer science from UIC and undergraduate degrees in neuroscience and physics from Loyola. He has published research in reinforcement learning and image diagnostics, and has a long-running lecture series attempting to explain AI to his parents.

Check out the Meetup Page with more information: https://www.meetup.com/cu-data-ai/ Interested in joining other peer-sharing groups about tech and entrepreneurialism? Be sure to check out our other monthly meetup groups here.

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