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ClickHouse London Meetup
Hey there, data enthusiasts and ClickHouse aficionados! We've got some exciting news to share - our next meetup is on the horizon, and it's going to be in London!
Get ready for a delightful mix of mind-boggling data tales, insightful conversations, and maybe even a surprise or two up our sleeves.
But here's the deal: to secure your spot, make sure you register ASAP!
**Location:** *The Lighterman -* 3 Granary Square, London N1C 4BH
**Agenda:**
6:00 - 6:30 - Arrival and Check-in
6:30 - 7:00 - **AI Dashboards & Time-Travel Debugging Kubernetes -** Rory Crispin, ClickHouse
7:00 - 7:30 - **Curing LLM amnesia with chDB and ClickHouse -** Shuva Jyoti Kar, Palo Alto Networks
7:30 - 8:00 - **ClickHouse @ Fluidstack** \- Xander Garbett\, Fluidstack
8:00 - 9:00 - Food, Drinks, and Conversation
Global Excel Summit 2026
The [Global Excel Summit](https://globalexcelsummit.com/?via=lem) returns on the **19-20 May 2026** and it will be Hybrid - so a mix of in-person in London (venue is Soho Place Theatre) and online.
This is a paid event and as a London Excel Meetup group member, you get a special 15% discounted price by applying code **LEM15** at checkout.
This is the ultimate Excel event with
✅ 2 days in-person learning (19 & 20 May)
✅ 30+ Main Stage presentations covering the MS Power Stack (Power BI, Power Automate, etc), AI, Data Viz, Analytics, Finance and Accounting, Python, Formulas, and more.
✅ Full access to the virtual platform
✅ Awesome chance to network with other Excel & Power BI professionals and companies
✅ All event recordings
✅ 30+ CPD hours and CPD certificate of attendance
✅ Optional Masterclass sessions to sign up to on 18, 21, and 22 May 2026
**Early Bird Tickets**
Only 43 early bird tickets remain, so best **move fast** to secure yours before they run out.
What is an early bird ticket?
Well it is 30% off, so your £545 in-person ticket becomes £382 (for 2 days Excel learning).
Use code **LEM15** for an additional 15% off this price. Crazy good value!
Get your [Global Excel Summit 2026](https://globalexcelsummit.com/?via=lem) ticket today.
Be sure to RSVP on this event page so other members know that you're going, but RSVP does not confirm attendance. It is a paid event and requires a ticket.
I hope to see you there.
Softward Engineerng: What AI Changes and What It Doesn't
# Software Engineering Through Continuous Crisis: What AI Changes and What It Doesn't
Join us for an exclusive Innovators Guild event exploring how AI is reshaping engineering, software development, and the future of tech careers. This session features leaders from DataArt and Marketing Pot, sharing insights from 25+ years of technological disruption.
🔗 RSVP: https://luma.com/v6yum32a
🔍 What You’ll Learn
* How AI is changing the role of engineers
* What “AI‑assisted development” and “vibe coding” actually mean
* How delivery models are evolving in the AI era
* Why software economics may shift dramatically in the next 5 years
* How AI is disrupting marketing across industries
* Which skills will matter most for future tech careers
🎤 Speakers
**Dmitry Bagrov** — UK Managing Director, **DataArt**
Bringing experience leading through the dot‑com crash, 2008 crisis, COVID, and now the generative AI wave.
**Alina Zaiets** — Founder, **Marketing Pot**
Former DataArt marketer, now advising B2B SaaS brands on AI‑driven marketing.
🤝 Who Should Attend
Software engineers
AI practitioners
Tech leaders
Product managers
Founders
Anyone curious about how AI is transforming the tech industry
**📅 Event Details**
📆 19 May 2026
🕡 6:30 PM (arrival from 6:00 PM)
📍 Landmark Office, Monument
(Exact address shared upon RSVP)
Tue 9pm Football at Mile End - RSVP ONLY on FootyAddicts.com
http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/1/f/5/600_448769173.jpeg
7/8 a side casual football game in City - Mile End, East London
- 1 hour game
- 6 GBP per person
- KO 7pm
- Casual football just for fun
- No shouting, no aggressive behavior
If you want to join you will need to sign up on footyaddicts.com (https://footyaddicts.com/venues/37) and Confirm your attendance at the game page
We do not use Meetup.com to manage bookings any more.
Product Evenings LDN: AI Agents in the Wild
Join us in London for a forward-looking conversation with product leaders building the next generation of autonomous, AI-driven systems.
**Event Overview**
AI agents are quickly advancing from basic automations to adaptive, goal-driven systems that can reason, act, and manage complex tasks. As they enter real products, teams must rethink how to design, ship, and scale intelligent experiences that remain both powerful and trustworthy.
**01 - From Automation to Autonomy: What “Agentic” Really Means**
Explore how AI agents differ from traditional automations, from decision-making and multi-step planning to real-time adaptation, and what this shift means for product strategy and user experience in the wild.
**02 - Designing Trustworthy Agents: Safety, Reliability & Real-World UX**
Examine the critical considerations behind building agents people can rely on, including transparency, failure modes, human-in-the-loop design, and the UX principles needed to ensure agents behave predictably and responsibly.
**03 - The Next Frontier: Agent Capabilities, Ecosystems & Scale**
Discover how emerging capabilities such as tool use, collaboration, and multi-agent systems are transforming what products can achieve, and what teams must consider when deploying agents at scale across industries.
TEiP SPECIAL SERIES: LIVING WITH TECH • S1E2: THE WAY WE CONNECT
The second episode in our special series designed to open different conversations about AI, tech, and their impact on our lives.
(Substack about our rationale for this event series [here](https://open.substack.com/pub/experimentsingroupwisdom/p/bored-of-having-the-same-conversation?r=445zi1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true) 😊)
We’ll use the typical THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN PUBS (TEiP) method of getting into great conversations: small group discussions, tiny imaginary stories, lots of questions, and many opportunities to shuffle groups (more detail below).
**The thought experiments for these events are written by special guest writer and TEiP regular, Francesca.** She’s in the middle of a fellowship at Newspeak House (London College of Political Technology) and has her finger on the pulse of many issues related to technology and its impact on our lives. (You can find her writing [here](https://themagpiebrain.substack.com/)).
As Francesca alludes to in one of her thought experiments: **discussing concepts and ideas with other people (rather than asking ChatGPT) is like going to the gym for your mind.** But as anyone who has been to TEiP will know, TEiP’s lighthearted and playful atmosphere means that it’s more like a fun dance workout than crossfit or weightlifting.
**How we'll do it** (timings approximate):
* 7:00pm - Arrive at Newspeak House. Nearest station Shoreditch High Street.
* Organise ourselves into small groups (3-4).
* Have a look at the thought experiments (announced on the day of the event)
* 7:15 - Introduction to the event
* 7:20 - First rotation begins - Talk about the first thought experiment, but feel free to veer off topic and pursue new avenues of conversation.
* 7:45 - Optional reshuffle: swap groups, move on to the second thought experiment.
* 8:15 - Optional reshuffle: swap groups, move on to the third thought experiment.
* 8:45pm - Wrap up - votes to discern general views of the room; info about upcoming events; feedback/requests for future meetups.
* 9:00 Meetup ‘ends’. But feel free to carry on conversations. We have the room until 10 :-)
**Notes on the general atmosphere:**
* The vibe is to let conversation flow rather than stick strictly to one topic.
* While we'd like to talk about 'meaningful things', we also see the value in lighter topics, so don't worry about not being 'deep' enough!
* Feel free to suggest ideas for future THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN PUBS meetup groups, both in terms of structure and topics to discuss.
**Where we'll meet:**
This group will be at NEWSPEAK HOUSE. The nearest Overground Station is Shoreditch High Street. Nearby Tube stations: Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, Old Street, and Liverpool Street. You can access the venue step-free on the ground floor. Bathrooms are available at the venue.
**Please note: There is no bar at the venue, but you are very welcome to bring your own drinks.**
**Who should come:**
Everyone! We believe that the more perspectives, the richer the conversation. This group is not about being experts in Philosophy, it is about doing philosophy. That is, bringing our various life experiences and lenses on the world to group discussions about the human experience, the nature of reality... etc....
**[SUBSTACK](https://experimentsingroupwisdom.substack.com/)** \- newsletter and other writing
**[WHATSAPP GROUP](https://chat.whatsapp.com/DapwAXpnOHO5DRYThobpe4)** \- stay in the loop
**[INSTAGRAM](https://www.instagram.com/thoughtexperimentsinpubs/)** \- see what we look like
**[WEBSITE](https://www.alltogether.one/)** \- everything else
**If having different conversations about technology, AI and their impact on our lives sounds good, or intriguing, to you, please join us :-)**
Knowing Who You Can Trust
Your survival depends on knowing who you can rely on. But how can you tell who your real friends are? How can you determine if a person will help make a joint venture successful?
Is there a way to predict behavior? Yes. There are fundamental elements to human behavior. When you know them you have insight into your fellow man, and just by observing how people act, you will know *everything* about them.
#### On this lecture you will learn:
* The important role of trust in human relationships.
* The Hubbard Chart of Human Evaluation—the tool to know true character and predict what people will do.
* How to evaluate others accurately and guarantee a more certain future for yourself and those you care about.
With the knowledge you learn on this course, you will have tools to know who you can trust and who you can depend on.
*“Trustworthiness is a highly esteemed commodity. When one has it, one is considered valuable. When one has lost it, one may be considered worthless.”*
*—L. Ron Hubbard*
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AI Bootcamp
**Please make sure you get a ticket**
**only RSVP won’t count**- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indian-professionals-in-london-ai-bootcamp-tickets-1988464324322
AI Bootcamp: Practical AI for Everyday Work
A Hands-On Meetup Experience
About This Session
Whether you’re running a startup, leading a team, or looking to work smarter — this session shows you how to practically implement AI in your work. Real use cases, live demos, and hands-on building. No fluff, no theory overload.
Duration: 3 Hours
Format: Interactive + Hands-On
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
What We’ll Cover
• What AI Actually Is — Cut through the hype. Understand what AI and automation can realistically do for your business or role today
• AI Across Industries — Use cases from startups, operations, HR, finance, sales, marketing, and customer success
• AI Automation in Practice — Where automation fits: workflows, lead handling, content pipelines, internal ops, and more
• Live Demonstrations — Watch AI tackle real business problems — from generating SOPs to summarising data to drafting investor-ready content
• Build Your Own Use Case — Map one challenge from your business or job to an AI solution and build your first working prompt or workflow
• Group Sharing — Peer learning across founders, operators, and professionals from different industries
• Safe & Smart AI Use — Governance, limitations, what needs human oversight, and how to build AI into your team responsibly
• Your 30-Day Implementation Plan — Leave with a clear starting point: one use case, one tool, one action
What You’ll Leave With
• A mapped AI use case specific to your business or role
• A working prompt or automation blueprint you built in the session
• A 30-day plan to implement AI in one area of your work
• Practical frameworks for evaluating AI tools and workflows
• A network of founders and professionals building with AI
Who Should Attend
• Startup founders exploring how to use AI to scale without scaling headcount
• Team leads and operators who want to automate repetitive processes
• Professionals looking to use AI to do higher-quality work, faster
• Anyone serious about moving from curious about AI to actually using it
Bring your laptop. Come with one business problem in mind. Leave with a plan to solve it.
10th Anniversary Celebration with Chris Webb - Power BI Under the Bonnet
This month we're celebrating the TENTH anniversary of the London Fabric User Group - having started life as the London Power BI User Group TEN years ago.
We'd love you to join us at the offices of the aptly named Tenth Revolution to help us celebrate.
# TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WITH CHRIS WEBB
Chris has presented at the user group every year in May to celebrate our anniversary, and we didn't want this year to be any different.
**Power BI under the bonnet**: monitoring queries and refreshes using Workspace Monitoring, Log Analytics, Profiler and DAX Studio
When you're performance tuning a slow Power BI report or refresh you need to know what happens inside the engine, and the good news is that the Power BI engine can give you all kinds of detailed information on its internals. But how do you get access to this? How can you understand it? In this session you'll find out: how you can get (almost) the same information on internals from Workspace Monitoring, Log Analytics, SQL Server Profiler and DAX Studio and when to use which; which engine events are relevant to queries and which ones are relevant to refreshes; and how you can interpret this information for tuning.
**Agenda**
18:30 - Welcome, drinks, pizza & networking
19:00 - Main Session
20:00 - Help us celebrate at a local pub (details to be confirmed on the night)
**Venue**
Tenth Revolution offices in London.
Aldgate House, 33 Aldgate High St, London EC3N 1DL
Please provide your first and last name when registering for the event, as this is provided to building security to allow you entrance into the venue.
London PyTorch #26
Join us on May 21st to learn, share, and network with some of the most experienced professionals who are passionate about AI/ML.
This time, we’re excited to have **Revolut** as a special partner.
Topics:
\- Anton Repushko\, Lead Researcher\, Revolut:
"Build Next-Generation Foundation Models in Finance"
\- Nicolas Atienza\, Researcher\, Neuralk AI:
"Gradient Boosting to Tabular Foundation Models: What Changed, What Didn't"
\- Ivan Dolgov\, JetBrains: "Pre\-training at JetBrains: fast MoE perfectly fit for H100/200 GPUs"
\- Kir Zharov\, Spinner AI: "Building the unified knowledge layer for self\-improving agents"
More talks will be added soon
You can submit your talk here:
[https://forms.gle/wiWyD5sBqzZtCfpMA](https://forms.gle/wiWyD5sBqzZtCfpMA)
If you’d like to become a partner for this or one of the upcoming meetups, message [https://www.linkedin.com/in/fedorshabashev/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fedorshabashev/) or [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirzharov/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirzharov/)
In the meantime, you can watch the previously recorded talks:
[https://youtube.com/@londonpytorchmeetup](https://youtube.com/@londonpytorchmeetup)
Please subscribe to our channel! ❤️
Canal Walk - Angel to Victoria Park Cafe / Market
We will enjoy a leisurely walk (approx 45 mins - 1 hour) along Regent's Canal from Angel station and ending at the fabulous Victoria Park Market. This event usually runs on the 4th Sunday of each month, unless there is bad weather or exceptional circumstances. We are a welcoming group, so feel free to mix around and say hello other people.
There is a wondering food market in Victoria Park, and most of us will get something to eat together. We usually sit on the grass or public benches (if available) near the Bonner Gate entrance, behind the Dogs of Alcibiades statue. This is at the intersection of foodstalls running north/south and east/west. If it is raining or the market is closed, we can either go to the Pavillion cafe, or The Crown pub on Grove Road instead.
Please note a few points:
1\. There is currently no charge for this group\. I will need to review this again later in 2026\.
2\. WE WILL WAIT ONLY ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER THE START TIME\. If you are running late\, please catch us up along the canal\. Please note\, I will not be checking for meetup or whatsapp messages after the walk starts\.
3\. The nearest tube station to Victoria Park is Bethnal Green station \(central line\)\. Please check Google Maps or similar\.
4\. You are responsible for yourselves on the walk\, so please bring appropriate footwear etc\. Please be mindful of those around you\, especially where the canal gets narrow in places\.
Whatsapp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IJd6MJfVDPC6jUw6iW77ZY
Previously, there was a separate walk on the 3rd Sunday of the month, which started at Limehouse Basin, and then ran along the same canal to Victoria Park. Please note, the walks starting from Limehouse on the 3rd Sunday of the month are now cancelled for the foreseeable future.
Experimentation London Meetup #11
Our next Experimentation London Meetup will take place on **Wednesday, 20th May 2026**.
You **must** sign up on the [Experimentation London website](https://www.experimentationlondon.com/) to purchase your ticket and be allowed entry due to health and safety!
We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, including:
Paula Sappington, Sr. Director, Experience Design Research at Hilton: "Synchronized Success: The Evolution of Hilton’s Research and Experimentation Program"
Second speaker to be announced soon...
To help us manage the space's capacity (and ensure we have the right amount of food and drink for everyone), please sign up for your ticket on our [Experimentation London website](https://www.experimentationlondon.com/).
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**Location**
*Central London location - see full address and details on the [Experimentation London website](https://www.experimentationlondon.com/)*
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**Agenda**
6:00 PM - Welcome drinks, pizza and networking
6:30 PM - Introductions
6:40 PM - Paula Sappington
7:10 PM - Short break
7:30 PM - TBC
8:00 PM - More Networking
8:30 PM - Official end
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**Event & Speaker Guidelines**
* No Sales Pitches: Our group is a space for genuine connections and learning. Tell stories.
* Respect and Open-Mindedness: Embrace diversity, treat everyone with respect, and value different perspectives.
* Community Spirit: Engage positively to build a supportive and collaborative community.
Lunch Event @Selfridges: Solving the Toughest Challenges in GenAI Scaling
**Join a select group of senior technology leaders for a private lunch at Selfridges to explore how to architect AI systems that perform under pressure - without introducing unnecessary complexity or unpredictable costs.**
**Please note:** We can only accept registrations via our official page. **A registration on Meetup alone will not be accepted as a confirmed entry.** 👉 **Register here to secure you space:** [https://events.couchbase.com/register/d317f9f4-1a09-4eea-9e60-c58138160052/](https://events.couchbase.com/register/d317f9f4-1a09-4eea-9e60-c58138160052/)
In modern enterprise applications, performance is the backbone of user trust, and AI is quickly becoming mission-critical to delivering it. From managing high-concurrency workloads to real-time personalization at scale, platforms are under increasing pressure to deliver intelligent experiences instantly, reliably, and cost-effectively.
However, for many organizations, the true challenge isn't experimenting with AI—it’s making it work at scale.
***
This executive lunch focuses on the architectural hurdles of moving from AI prototypes to production-ready systems. Our presentation and the following conversations will focus on:
* **Performance Under Pressure:** Maintaining sub-millisecond responsiveness during massive traffic spikes and critical processing windows.
* **Cost Predictability:** Scaling Generative AI without infrastructure costs spiraling out of control.
* **Operational Simplicity:** Reducing data stack complexity to accelerate time-to-market and innovation.
* **AI-Native Infrastructure:** How Couchbase’s unified platform addresses context variability and fragmented architectures.
**What to Expect**
* **Executive Networking:** An intimate environment for senior technology, data, AI, and digital leaders.
* **Strategic Insights:** Real-world examples of architecting for the future of retail.
* **Premium Experience:** Private dining at one of London's most iconic locations
AI & The Human Experience — A Curated Dinner Conversation (50% off food)
If AI tools are already becoming part of your daily life, this dinner is for you.
Explore AI over dinner at a Michelin-listed London restaurant. Tools, opportunities and real conversation.
**Meet2Click Curated Conversations**
Each Meet2Click Curated Conversation dinner centres around a carefully chosen topic or shared interest, designed to spark thoughtful conversation and meaningful connection.
**Curious about how AI is changing our lives — and want to explore it in a relaxed dinner setting?**
Artificial Intelligence is evolving rapidly. New tools, ideas, and breakthroughs are reshaping how we work, create, and think.
Instead of abstract debate, this evening is about sharing what we’re discovering in real life.
Two days before the dinner, guests will receive a short, accessible overview of interesting AI tools — simply to spark ideas.
At the table, we’ll explore:
• Is AI making us smarter or lazier?
• What is the most exciting real-life use of AI right now?
• What should humans protect in an AI-driven world?
No technical background required.
**Launch Season Benefit**
During our initial Meet2Click dinners, guests will enjoy **up to 50% off food** at the restaurant.
This introductory benefit is available for a limited launch period.
Food and drinks are paid individually, directly with the restaurant.
**Details**
Location: La Trattoria
15 Cromwell Place, SW7 2LA London
La Trattoria is a highly rated, intimate Italian restaurant in South Kensington, with a menu designed by Michelin-starred chef Alfredo Russo.
**Date: 21 May 2026, 19.30h**
**Ticket price:** £15 per person *(includes your seat and contribution to the evening — food and drinks ordered and paid individually at the restaurant)*
Seats are intentionally limited to encourage meaningful conversation and genuine connection.
Just an open, relaxed exchange of ideas over dinner.
**Additional Information:** Photos or videos may be taken during the event for promotional purposes. Should you wish to opt out, please notify the host upon arrival, and your preferences will be respected.
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Quarterly Community Gathering
Join the Columbus AI community for our quarterly gathering — a casual, community-focused evening where everyone has a chance to share, learn, and connect. These open mic–style events give anyone in the community up to **5 minutes** to present a project, share a tool, pose a question, or offer a perspective on the evolving AI space.
No slides required — just a welcoming space to exchange ideas and keep the local AI conversation moving.
If you’d like to take the stage, message \*\*Chris (the organizer)\*\*with a **title and short description** of what you’d like to share.
Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus.
Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/transformlabs/)
Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/transformlabshq)
Building Scalable Customer Identity Resolution Pipelines on AWS Using AI
Customer identity resolution becomes increasingly complex as organizations scale across multiple systems, regions, and data formats. Traditional rule-based approaches often fail to keep up with data variability, require constant manual tuning, and struggle with real-time processing needs.
This session presents a practical approach to building a scalable identity resolution pipeline using AWS services and modern AI techniques. The architecture combines data ingestion through Amazon S3 and AWS Glue, transformation pipelines using Spark on EMR, and machine learning models deployed via SageMaker for entity matching and standardization. Graph-based relationship modeling is implemented using Amazon Neptune to improve resolution accuracy by incorporating household and shared attribute context.
We will walk through how machine learning models can be used for name and address normalization, how intelligent blocking strategies improve matching efficiency, and how feedback loops can be introduced to continuously improve accuracy. The session also highlights how serverless components such as AWS Lambda can be used for orchestration and real-time processing.
**SPEAKER BIO**
Mosaic Syed is a Senior Data Engineering and Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across global enterprise environments.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mosaic-basha-syed-92300856
**CALL FOR SPEAKERS**
Learn more: [https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/](https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/)
**THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: [https://www.veeam.com/](https://www.veeam.com/)
**DIRECTIONS**
8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH
go to 4th floor.
**Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?**
Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com
Omnipresent Atheists Weekly Meetup (4th Tues)
Jimmy V's Grill & Pub in Grandview Heights. You are responsible for your own meal/drinks. We usually don't have any agenda other than eat, drink and talk. :) If the weather is nice we will be on the back patio, otherwise we are in the cigar room.
This group has been meeting every Tuesday evening for over a decade. Many attendees do not RSVP on meetup. Please don't let the small number here discourage you. Anyone/everyone is welcome to come. We'd love to have you join us.
COTA bus #5 comes to W. 5th and Wyandotte Rd. And it's a minute walk to the restaurant.
TBD
**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you.
The building address is 4450 Bridge Park
The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400
You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge.
**Abstract**
TBD
**YouTube Link**
TBD
Columbus Comedy Improv Meetup at Gresso's!
Whether you've never done improv before, or you've done it for so long you knew Del Close on a personal level, or anywhere in between, come join us! Swing by *Gresso's* for the **Columbus Improv Comedy Meetup** for some fun and games!
The idea behind improv is to create entire scenes from scratch based on a suggestion from the audience. This can be done in game form, like *Whose Line Is It Anyway*, *ComedySportz*, or *Wild 'n Out*; it could also be done to tell stories, like *Middleditch and Schwartz*. Our meetup, which is central Ohio's longest running (and free!) weekly comedy event, brings the games (and occasionally different forms) for you to play in a safe, supportive, and compassionate environment. Not only is it a lot of fun, but you get to work on thinking faster on your feet, plus it's an excellent way to meet new people and make friendships that'll last a lifetime!
Ask yourself if you want to join the **Columbus Improv Comedy Meetup**, and say "Yes, And" that you'll have fun!
Drunken Philosophy: What’s up with all the AI hate?
**Welcome to Drunken Philosophy** a casual, curious social discussion
**Optional topic for this meetup: What's up with all the AI hate?**
A recent survey found that 74% of Americans have a negative view of AI, and I want to know why. Come out and debate whether AI is good or bad.
My hot take: a labor-saving tool that could potentially help cure cancer gets called dangerous because it might raise unemployment or cause a speculative investment bubble, that tells you a lot more about capitalism and the economic system we live under than it does about the tool itself. As a computer programmer, I think AI is a wonderful tool that has increased my productivity by at least an order of magnitude. I'd go so far as to say Claude Code is the best tool I have ever used. Debate me and name a better one.
Is AI potentially dangerous? Yes, but so are a lot of tools. Chainsaws. Steam engines (early ones would occasionally explode and kill everyone in the room). Do you think cavemen sat around debating whether fire could be used as a weapon or for self-harm, and decided not to discover it?
I have two friends who hate AI for opposite reasons: one thinks it's a fad and not useful, and the other thinks it's going to take over everything and cause human extinction.
Come out tonight, have a friendly debate, and make some friends.
No lectures. Friendly crowd. Drop in for one drink and stay if it's fun.
NFT AI ART Columbus
NFT's are here to stay folks!
This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more.
**PLUS**
This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.






























