What we’re about
"In machine learning and life: collective communication scales."
Our community is a hands-on, inclusive space where AI and ML practitioners come together to explore, discuss, and shape the future of artificial intelligence. We foster curated discussions and collaborative problem-solving around real-world challenges and opportunities. As a volunteer-driven, community-led initiative, we’re committed to empowering members through shared learning, open dialogue, and diverse perspectives, while opening doors to career, educational, and social opportunities that showcase their AI/ML talents.
Why Community?
Theory will only take you so far. Relationships are our superpower. Grow together.
In today’s world, we’re inundated with content claiming to offer the “best” tools or the “optimal path to value”—often without understanding who they’re actually talking to. This leaves individuals investing time and resources into tools, skills, or systems that may not truly address their needs. We recognize that the ML stack is too broad for any one person or team to master entirely, and the industry moves quickly. That’s why hearing from those who’ve been in the hot seat across different roles is so valuable—it helps us understand how to better build for, support, or collaborate with other teams.
Our values are:
- Win Together. (Because we are together) Through time, talent, and treasure.
- Network === Net Worth
- Growth is a continuous journey, not a final destination
- Perspective is everything
- Insights are more valuable from real stories and people invested in your success.
Like what you see?
Learn more about our community's structure and values here: https://github.com/amlcoftherockies/amlc-handbook.
We meet monthly, we have both open and member based meetups. Come join our technical community and grow with us! All skill levels welcome!
Upcoming events
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AMLC Talk: Rachael Roland on Ensemble Models
Code Talent, Code Talent, 3412 Blake Street, Denver, 80205, Denver, CO, USThe Deets:
Code Talent: 3412 Blake St, Denver, CO 80205
7pm-9pm
Pizza and Soda provided.
Join us at Code Talent for our Local Expert speaker series featuring the brilliant Rachael Roland for her talk "When GenAI Models Fail, Ensemble Models Win":
What do you do when your domain-specific NLP pipeline achieves only 85% accuracy, and a cutting-edge LLM (Claude 3.5 Sonnet) fails even harder at 46.7%?
This session presents a production case study from Applied Industrials, demonstrating how we combined two failing models into an Ensemble "Judge" System to achieve close to 100% accuracy on critical industrial data. We will explore how this pattern scales across 295,000+ records in four interconnected systems (Support, BOMs, Specs, Work Instructions) and why "ensemble thinking" is essential for production ML when singular models hit a ceiling.
Attendees will receive access to the ensemble-judge-classifier GitHub repository, which includes:
Complete ensemble classifier code (Python).
A Jupyter Notebook step-by-step implementation tutorial.
An ROI calculator (Excel + Python).
A statistical validation toolset.
Rachael is Owner and Chief Scientist of her AI Consultancy, Redbud AI.
You don't want to miss this talk!
What is AMLC of the Rockies??
We are a 501(c)(6) nonprofit. No paid employees. Volunteer-led. The AMLC of the Rockies strives to offer a diverse range of activities for both members and non-members.
We are a professional association, working to collectively learn and improve outcomes as AI/ML practitioners within the industry, while also pursuing our own endeavors as hobbies. Our goal is to pool our resources, roll up our sleeves, and get hands-on!
Join us for talks, hands-on workshops, access to cloud infrastructure, free books and resources, networking, recruitment and talent opportunities, and more! Help us collectively make Colorado the world's best technology hub.
In machine learning and life, collective communication scales.24 attendees
Past events
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