Futures Forum: AI/LLM Meetup

📣 This event has now SOLD OUT! As our venue has limited capacity, we will be closing the event to attendees once capacity has been reached, so please arrive as close to to 18:30 as possible to guarantee your place.

🎙️ Featured Talks:

Building better LLM products with Evaluations and Analytics
Henry Scott-Green

LLMs vs. Real-World Questions: Can RAG Bridge the Gap?
Mohammed Talib

Futures Forum is a monthly meetup powered by SurrealDB that explores the AI revolution, with a particular focus on LLMs (Large Language Models). With actionable insights, the series will include introductory and advanced topic discussions by a dynamic and diverse range of expert speakers, live demos, news updates and panel discussions. Plus plenty of time for networking and refreshments.

💻 The event will be available to watch afterwards via the SurrealDB Futures Forum playlist here: http://bit.ly/3vHHyVR.

📣 Talks and demos by experts in their fields
🗣️ Friendly networking
🍕 Delicious bites and 🍦ice cream
🍹 Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing
😆 Informative, inclusive and fun!

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00
Welcome Drinks
Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and mingle.

19:00 - 19:30
Building better LLM products with Evaluations and Analytics
Henry Scott-Green
So you’ve built your first LLM product. Now what? You need to understand how people are using it, how its performing, and how you can make it better. That’s where LLM evals and analytics come in. But these are totally different from deterministic applications - you need to understand mountains of text. This talk will cover the key considerations for building great end user experiences with LLMs.

19:30 - 20:00
Social & Tasty Bites
A fun and informal way to connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza or summer roll, hop on the Oculus or chat with other attendees and the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:30
LLMs vs. Real-World Questions: Can RAG Bridge the Gap?
Mohammed Talib
Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionised natural language processing, demonstrating remarkable capabilities in text generation, translation, and more. However, when faced with questions requiring specific knowledge or complex reasoning, LLMs can fall short. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) offers a solution, integrating LLMs with external knowledge sources to deliver more factually grounded and informative responses.

20:30 - 21:00
Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs

Who’s this event for?
For anyone wanting to learn more about the way that AI and LLMs are shaping the world.
What’s an LLM?
A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massive data sets to understand, summarise, generate and predict new content. LLMs power chat apps like ChatGPT, but also they are increasingly underlying almost every aspect of AI.
Is the venue accessible?
Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held.
What's a SurrealDB event like?
Check out photos from our previous events at https://surrealdb.gallery.
Who are SurrealDB?
SurrealDB is a modern cloud-native multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications rather than architecting and managing their infrastructure with features like SurrealQL, Live Queries, Search, Change Data Capture, and ML.
Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event?
Our events are tech-focused and in the interest of keeping our events relevant and meaningful for those attending, tickets are issued at our discretion. We therefore reserve the right to refund ticket orders before the event and to request proof of identity and/or professional background upon entry.
Are there any House Rules?
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