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AI Science & Engineering Deep Dive

Dive into technical papers, concepts, and examples to help you understand, learn and grow your professional capabilities.

Examples of topics that we’ll cover in this discussion group:

  1. Dig into the foundation of LLMs and the Attention Mechanism by reading and discussing the original papers that described these models

  2. Examine the probabilistic (vs deterministic) nature of current AI approaches and how this impacts customer experience, testing, and product design

  3. Explore tools for building Agentic AI

  4. Learn about and discuss the Lethal Trifecta of Agentic AI

  5. Experiment with LLM Fine-Tuning and running models locally (on powerful laptops) and in the cloud

Upcoming Cohorts

  • 1st Mondays Beginning 11.3.2025

    Start Date/Time: 11.3.2025 6:30-8:00pm

    Recurrence: This cohort will meet on the 1st Monday of the month from 6:30 - 8pm for four months 11.3.2025, 12.1.2025, 1.5.2026, and 2.2.2026.

    Location: The first session on 11.3.2025 will be in-person at the Starbucks in the Galleria in Edina MN. Remaining session will be on-line using Discord.

    Online Tools: This cohort will use Discord for group chat between sessions.

    Cohort Size: The cohort will accept up to 6 members.

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  • Beginning March 2026

    Details for this cohort are TBD

  • Beginning July 2026

    Details for this cohort are TBD