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The Multiverse ZineNo. 56January 12, 2025

The arm moved. Hello, world.

Hello World, Robot Arm

The robot arm finally moved and ran a hello world, the Midnight Hacking Club restarted, and a community Autogen class opened to drop-ins.

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Liz got the robot arms moving and a hello world running. With the data structure finally understood, she started learning how to set up a reinforcement learning model for them.

Roan came back to town and the Midnight Hacking Club restarted, with sessions on things you shouldn't be able to do that are nonetheless legal. Gene got a scary robot that was likely to appear online.

Solarpunk Standup spent its first week getting clear on long-term goals and moved on to triage. Job Search ran with Liz on the search itself and Chris on BrandUp portfolios. Because every enrolled attendee in the Autogen class was on scholarship, it ran as a community class that anyone with campus access could drop into. No-Code AI and Low-Code AI launched that week.

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No-Code AI

Gentle entry point into AI, launched this week.

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Low-Code AI

Second gentle entry point, launched alongside it.

Triage is a chain and a large tow truck.

Liz

1/12/2025 Multiverse Report

I always have so many updates. Roan is back in town, we're firing up the Midnight Hacking Club. We'll be doing Things You Shouldn't Be Able To Do That Are Nonetheless Legal. Gene got a scary robot that we'll probably show you On The Internet. Tiktok might get banned and it might not, we probably won't know until after the inauguration. Follow me on youtube and share my videos on Instagram, it helps more than you realize. If things get banned for good, I will be in dire need of fundraising and your reviews so I can rebuild our brand.

Arms progress! I got movement, and finally got a hello world up. Now that I understand the data structure involved, I can play with other elements. Currently learning how to set up a reinforcement learning model with either model. It's both difficult and easy, I don't know how to quantify it. It's got a lot of factors.

Solarpunk standup has been going great. Last week we all got super clear on our longer-term goals. This week we'll focus on How To Triage and Getting Triage Handled. If you feel like you're stuck and in a rut, Triage is a chain and a large tow truck. Let's get you out of the ditch.

Job search is back, and we've got a lot of folks around. It's a great place to get started if you don't currently have a job or you have one but you need a better one. Chris is handling Brandup Standup, a branding-focused standup that will help you get your portfolio together. I'm running Job Search standup, we'll focus on the actual search, interviewing, your career, and me hassling you to hit the apply button. We also always talk AI stuff.

We kicked off a Community version of the Autogen class because all enrolled attendees were on Scholarship- meaning anyone can drop in so long as you have campus access. Join us! Ask questions! It'll be fun. We're building artificial superintelligence. I hope it'll be nice!

This week we're launching No-Code AI and Low-Code AI, two gentle entrypoints into AI, and we'll announce the next Prompt Engineering cohort next week.

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This Week's Classes: Monday, January 13

This is what we have going on this week

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8:00AM Pacific Solarpunk Singularity Standup with Chris and Liz

We'll be working on building the new world, setting priorities, and declaring intentions first before we get going on the job hunt. We'll also talk about the news, and process our feelings about the various nonsense we have to deal with.

9:00AM Pacific Job Search Standup with Chris and Liz

You'll join either Job Search Standup (with Liz) or the BrandUp Standup (with Chris). We'll spend an hour a day working on finding a job and nothing else.

11:00 AM Intro to Agents with Liz Howard

Request-Response Agents
Create agents that respond to requests with multiple messages and actions Sign Up

02:00 PM Swarm Architecture with Liz Howard

Open Source Backends
Utilizing Autogen with an Oobabooga Backend. Sign Up

Tuesday, January 14

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8:00AM Pacific Solarpunk Singularity Standup with Chris and Liz

We'll be working on building the new world, setting priorities, and declaring intentions first before we get going on the job hunt. We'll also talk about the news, and process our feelings about the various nonsense we have to deal with.

9:00AM Pacific Job Search Standup with Chris and Liz

You'll join either Job Search Standup (with Liz) or the BrandUp Standup (with Chris). We'll spend an hour a day working on finding a job and nothing else.

05:00 PM Prompt Engineering with Liz Howard

Open Source AI
Using open source software for large language models. Sign Up

05:00 PM Low-Code AI with Christopher Tavolazzi

Automated Processes
Session 1: January 14th, 5:00 PM Pacific Time Sign Up

Wednesday, January 15

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8:00AM Pacific Solarpunk Singularity Standup with Chris and Liz

We'll be working on building the new world, setting priorities, and declaring intentions first before we get going on the job hunt. We'll also talk about the news, and process our feelings about the various nonsense we have to deal with.

9:00AM Pacific Job Search Standup with Chris and Liz

You'll join either Job Search Standup (with Liz) or the BrandUp Standup (with Chris). We'll spend an hour a day working on finding a job and nothing else.

11:00 AM Intro to Agents with Liz Howard

Retrieval Augmented Agents
Add knowledge to a vector store Sign Up

02:00 PM Swarm Architecture with Liz Howard

A Self-Critiquing Autogen Swarm
Implementing feedback mechanisms and critical agents within a swarm. Sign Up

Thursday, January 16

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8:00AM Pacific Solarpunk Singularity Standup with Chris and Liz

We'll be working on building the new world, setting priorities, and declaring intentions first before we get going on the job hunt. We'll also talk about the news, and process our feelings about the various nonsense we have to deal with.

9:00AM Pacific Job Search Standup with Chris and Liz

You'll join either Job Search Standup (with Liz) or the BrandUp Standup (with Chris). We'll spend an hour a day working on finding a job and nothing else.

05:00 PM Low-Code AI with Christopher Tavolazzi

Automated Front-Ends
Session 2: January 16th, 5:00 PM Pacific Time Sign Up

05:00 PM Prompt Engineering with Liz Howard

Open Source AI
Using open source software for large language models. Sign Up

See you in the future~

Liz Howard

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