Coding from Beach: Learn AI-Assisted Coding & Building AI Agents - Meetup on May 2, 2024
Back to PostsThis Thursday evening (2 May, 6-8pm), our region’s techies and software developers will gather at the Hub for the next Coding from Beach meetup.
Join them and learn to Code with AI Assistance & How to build an AI Agent. Beginners are welcome.
We’re getting up to speed on the latest in AI. There have been so many cool new things released for builders over the last few months that we thought it made sense to share those and do some hands-on how to’s.
The agenda for the evening:
SHOW & TELL
We’ll start with a ‘show and tell’ - anyone who has something cool that they’ve been working on, this is your chance to share with fellow builders. There will be a prize for each demo. (Please add a comment in the meetup event if you would like to show something).
We’ll then split into two groups:
BEGINNERS
For beginners we’re going to give you a free workshop on how to code in Python with AI assistance. The idea is that once you learn how to have AI help you code, you can be more ambitious about the kinds of things you can build. It also helps you learn the coding itself. We’ll be doing this in Google Colab notebooks so all you will need is browser and free Google account.
INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED
Chris Boden will demo some of the exciting new tools for building AI agents. We’ll cover off how to use open source models at a fraction of the cost of openai/anthropic, through new API gateway providers like groq and openrouter. We’ll also look at running the new llama3 model locally. For agent capabilities, we’ll cover off function calling and tool use.
Coding from Beach is a hands-on meetup - so BYO a charged up laptop.
As always, we will start at 6pm with gourmet pizza, craft beer & cold drinks - thanks to our wonderful sponsors at Bendigo Bank - Community Bank Sunshine Coast.
RSVPs are a must (to ensure there’s enough pizza!) via the event at Link
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