AI Meetup: Talking about AI

Think Global, Act Local: Unpacking Sovereign AI

Join Justin Watts (they/them), Distinguished Engineer at TELUS, for a critical exploration of sovereign AI. Drawing on their Anthropology background and leadership in TELUS’s generative AI initiatives, Justin will discuss the cultural, economic, and ethical implications of sovereignty within advanced AI systems.

Agentic AI for Automating Sys Admin Tasks

Software engineer Dan Nesbitt, founder of the Kootenay Lake Innovation Centre and Kootenay Lightweb Co-op, demonstrates how agentic AI can revolutionize systems administration. Using the n8n framework, Dan will provide practical examples to illustrate the value of integrating AI for routine ops tasks, boosting efficiency and reliability.

From Cameras to the Printing Press, Is AI Any Different?

Local artist Zen Wang invites us to step back and consider AI through the lens of history. Drawing from Yuval Noah Harari’s “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI”, Zen presents a talk asking: Is AI the dawn of something truly new, or just another leap in how humanity processes and shares information?