Langara College,
University of British Columbia
Community DevOps Manager at BC + AI Ecosystem,
JARVIS
Handy Andy,
Hack the North
nwHacks,
Earlier today, I met the team from Nutanix at Web Summit Vancouver!It was great to hear from Kayla, Ankish, and the rest of the team about Nutanix's expansion into Vancouver and their work culture. I'm eager to stay in touch with a fast-paced company! #WebSummitVancouver #Vancouver #AI
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I played chess with Danny Rensch from Chess.com, here's what I learned about AI B2B SaaSJust kidding! It was an awesome opportunity at Web Summit Vancouver, but I do have some takeaways from this experience: 1. Timing is everything. I was on the waiting list, so I wasn't able to play a full game with Danny. However, by timing it right (and being honest about my wait-list status), not only did I get a chance to play into the middle game, I was able to take the special chess board and set home, signed by Danny! If I had played first, I likely would have been eliminated too early to keep it. 2. Reason without overthinking. The exhibition hall was a very stimulating environment, and it was a high stakes moment. However, it is important to stay grounded and treat it just like any other chess match. This helped me continue building a position which did not disadvantage me. 3. Anticipation dictates strategy. Danny often moved a piece that had an easy next step, allowing him to distribute his cognitive load across all the active boards in the simul. He anticipated my moves and used them as part of his strategy to create quick advantages. In turn, it allowed me to create multi-move approaches due to the simul structure. I'm grateful for this chance to play Danny, and I'm looking forward to the rest of Web Summit Vancouver! #chess #websummit #websummitvancouver #ai #chesscom
On Sunday, Eric and I built societyAI at Cursor Hackathon Vancouver: a real-time AI simulation of policies and civics!I was inspired by my visit to the Vancouver Lookout tower, where I had participated in an interesting public survey from the City of Vancouver: "should downtown Vancouver allow taller skyscrapers?" I enjoyed contributing my thoughts through various engaging interactions in this case study/survey. Relating to the hackathon's theme, I pondered how AI agents could be used to support these kinds of experimentations and analyses. We built a website which allowed the user to select multiple LLMs and populations, along with a given prompt ("Should Vancouver build a taller downtown skyline?"). Through Nia from Nozomio, the composer agent (the creator of the simulation) receives research related to the prompt. Then, the population of agents is created, with each agent having its own unique demographic, experience, and stance. Using CLōD, all the agents are randomly put into small groups and engage in conversations orchestrated by multiple models. Through personalized argumentation, their stances shift and become more nuanced. Every round of randomized group conversations bubbles up the nuances in their stances and arguments, creating a fascinating simulation which can be qualitatively analyzed. In addition to this simulation, there are summaries for each group's conversation and each round, as well as the ability to chat with the composer agent about why certain agents switched their stances or ask about the nuances present in arguments. Check out our Devpost, YouTube demo video, and GitHub repository below: https://lnkd.in/gjR_gWSK https://lnkd.in/gZBGC9_i https://lnkd.in/g8SZP-v7 Thanks to Students for Al Literacy @ UBC for organizing this hackathon, and for all the sponsors such as Cursor for providing generous credits and sponsor tracks!