What we’re about
AppliedAI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit producing a conference, podcast, newsletter, YouTube channel, and monthly meetup that develops Minnesota’s next generation of experts by educating citizens of all ages on the tools, processes, and applications that are needed to implement solutions that use Artificial Intelligence (AI). The organization runs regular events that involve training, learning, and sharing real-world projects where AI is applied to solve problems that impact our lives.
Additionally, we encourage you to subscribe to our Conversation On Applied AI Podcast. We publish new episodes every other week on topics related to Artificial Intelligence and its applications! We also publish a Monthly Newsletter with details on our current events and ways to engage with our community.
What is Artificial Intelligence
In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans. Leading AI textbooks define the field as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals. Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is often used to describe machines (or computers) that mimic "cognitive" functions that humans associate with the human mind, such as "learning" and "problem solving".
What is AppliedAI?
Simple. :) It's the real-world applications that these far-fetched, big ideas lead to. Some things around us that are applications of AI include digital assistants (Google Home, Alexa), self-driving cars, robots, chatbots and many many more!
Who should go AppliedAI Meetups?
This group is a place for anyone who is interesting in learning, sharing and applying Artificial Intelligence to their products and services. It's also for people of all ages just interested in what's going on in the AI space by networking and talking with real-world practitioners of this exciting and new technology.
What happens at AppliedAI Meetups?
• We have speakers and panelists talking about AI in real-world scenarios
• We do demos of AI related projects and explain how they work
• We discuss, where AI has been, where it is today and where it's heading in the future
• We have fun!
Where else can I find you?
Follow us on social media!
Facebook, LinkedIN and Twitter
We also have a podcast and YouTube page.
What are the colors of your logo?
They are derived from the color palette of a few of the first-ever AI-generated photos from Google’s Deep Learning tool.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- 🚀 AI Innovators Lab: Exploring Retrieval Augmented GenerationLab651, St Paul, MN
We are excited to announce a brand-new collaborative session as part of the "AI Innovators Lab" at Lab651, where we’ll dive deep into the world of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)!
Led by Justin Grammens
We’ll be working through scripts and techniques from Nir Diamant’s RAG repository, exploring how RAG works in real-world applications.
This is a hands-on, community-driven effort where we’ll learn from each other and push the boundaries of what we know about AI right here in the Twin Cities. Whether you're a seasoned AI expert or just starting your journey, your insights will help fuel the creativity, innovation, and collaboration in this space.
Let’s come together, drive innovation, and have fun by learning new tools and techniques through our growing AI community!
Before you arrive, please clone the repository, create a virtual environment, and install the required packages. For example:
- git clone https://github.com/NirDiamant/RAG_Techniques
- cd RAG_Techniques
- python3 -m venv .venv
- source .venv/bin/activate
- pip install -r requirements.txt
Thank you to Lab651 and Recursive Awesome for hosting these ongoing Innovators Lab events. We look forward to exploring the power of LLMs and RAG together!
* Due to space and the desire to keep the group size manageable for conversation and sharing, we have limited the total number of attendees.
- Practical Uses of Generative AI: How LLMs are Reshaping Legal ServicesLab651, St Paul, MN
Overview
The term "AI" has been used for decades — powering some legal tools — but Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Copilot) is different. Where prior AI could merely interpret existing legal documents, Generative AI can write new documents at a postgraduate level. In this talk, lawyer and technologist Damien Riehl will demonstrate how Generative AI can perform real-world legal tasks. He will provide attendees with live demos on how lawyers today are using Generative AI in their practices, including emerging use cases like pleading analysis, document drafting, and argument scrutiny. Attendees will gain insight into the benefits and challenges of using AI in legal practice, including Generative AI's potential to expedite routine and repetitive work, improve the quality of legal services, and improve access to justice.Agenda
5:00pm - 5:30pm: Networking - food & drinks
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Presentation & discussion
7:00pm: Networking at Lake Monster BrewingMeet Our Featured Speaker
Damien Riehl is a lawyer and technologist with experience in complex litigation, digital forensics, and software development. A lawyer since 2002 and coder since 1985, Damien clerked for the chief judges of state and federal courts, practiced in complex litigation for over a decade, has led teams of cybersecurity and world-spanning digital forensics investigations, and has built AI-backed legal software.Co-Chair of the Minnesota Governor’s Council on Connected and Automated Vehicles, he is helping recommend changes to Minnesota statutes, rules, and policies — all related to connected and autonomous vehicles. Damien is Chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association's working group on AI and the Unauthorized Practice of Law (UPL) plus Access to Justice (A2J).
At SALI, the legal data standard he helps lead, Damien develops and has greatly expanded the taxonomy of over 17,000 legal tags that matter, helping the legal industry's development of Generative AI, analytics, and interoperability.
At vLex Group — which includes Fastcase, NextChapter, and Docket Alarm — Damien helps lead the design, development, and expansion of various products, integrating AI-backed technologies (e.g., GPT) into a billion-document dataset from 100+ countries, all to improve legal workflows.
“This guy [Damien] rocks!” - Elon Musk
Sponsors
This event is sponsored by Lab651 & Recursive Awesome
