## Hype vs Reality — Where Is the AI We Were Sold?
AI is everywhere.
In our IDEs, products, investor decks, workflows, and daily conversations about the future of technology.
But after the hype, demos, copilots, agents, and “10x productivity” headlines — what actually works?
At this edition of MonkAI Tech Meetup, we’re taking a closer look at the engineering reality behind modern AI systems and discussing the growing gap between expectations and production reality.
### 🎤 Technical Talk (in Polish)
RAG & MCP — How to Stop AI from Making Things Up
Presented by Mateusz Zaniewski
Large Language Models are impressive — but they still hallucinate, invent facts, generate fake APIs, and confidently provide incorrect answers. In this session, we’ll explore why hallucinations are a fundamental part of LLM architecture and how approaches like RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and MCP (Model Context Protocol) help build more reliable AI systems.
We’ll cover modern retrieval pipelines, vector databases, AI tool integrations, and practical production challenges behind real-world AI implementations.
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### 🎤 Open Discussion Panel (in Polish)
AI: Did We Promise Ourselves Too Much?
Panel participants:
• Paweł Hajdecki
• Adam Wilczek
• Jakub Jadczyk
After the presentation, we’ll move into an open discussion about the current state of AI in software development, product engineering, infrastructure, and the growing gap between AI promises and reality.
From vibe coding and developer productivity to infrastructure costs, maintenance, hype cycles, and real business value — we’ll talk honestly about where AI actually helps, where it creates new problems, and what the next few years may really look like.
This meetup is about:
-> real implementation challenges
-> real infrastructure decisions
-> real product discussions
-> real engineering tradeoffs.
No AI guru nonsense.
No empty buzzwords.
Just practical insights, honest opinions, and conversations worth having.
If you work in software engineering, AI/ML, DevOps, infrastructure, cybersecurity, product development, study or simply want to understand where this industry is actually heading — join us.
📍 Gliwice, Dobry Zbeer
🕕 May 21st, 18:00
🍺 Technical talks. Sharp discussions. Good people.
Build systems. Build opinions. Build the future.
