Octavia Butler Predicts the Future: an Open-Source AI Coding Women & Non-Binary Workshop
In this women and nonbinary workshop we'll be working with open-source AI to stage a small debate between Octavia Butler and other figures based on her famous essay "A Few Rules for Predicting the Future" that she wrote for Essence in 2000.
No worries if you missed the past 2 workshops! We meet you as you are, and you can start wherever you want and go at your own pace.
What We'll Make:
See a simulated conversation in action, and also discuss what potential problems (and solutions) could arise about of AI conversations: https://sudoroom.github.io/octaviaButlerAIConversationAgentNight/
In-Person with Humans
This is an in-person, non remote face to face meetup with a de-emphasis on screens. We will be whiteboarding and helping each person go through the steps on their computer.
Why is Open-Source AI Good?
Come to our meetup and we'll tell you why! You'll also leave the workshop no matter what level you are with one open-source local generative AI model that you can talk to all you want without worries about privacy.
Hack on What you Want
Since this is mostly screen-free and face to face, with no long speeches from the front and tons of interactive whiteboarding, this frees up the meeting for everyone to work on whatever they want and participate at will!
The SudoRoom has hardware of all types: analog audio, soldering tools, a lasercutter, and more! So this isn't just a software workshop.
Cool links
"A Few Rules for Predicting the Future" - Octavia Butler Essence Magazine 2000
Black Matters: the world of Afrofuturism – Dorothy Lazard at the Oakland Public Library on the OMCA exhibit on Afrofuturism
Truth is Change - the Evolution of Octavia Butler's Cover Art
Hardware Hacking
We have a bunch of tools on our wiki such as the Big Red Laser Cutter https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Big_red_laser_cutter