On July 15, In Berlin we got together at AI Plumbers Conference second edition — an open source meetup for low-level AI builders to dive deep into the plumbing of modern AI, from cutting-edge data infrastructure to AI accelerators. Take a look at how it was!
How to start in #AI as a developer, not just a user? We are pretty sure a lot of people have asked themselves this question and it's broader than a skills question. We would translate it to "how to find the right community where what you are doing is non trivial and useful but you don't have to do all the lift alone".
Well #opensource is always a good answer. The good news is that there are a lot of really novel areas where you will get the excitement of being on the frontier, being the first. Moritz Thüning's journey is exactly like this:
stumbling upon Tenstorrent community, working with new and exciting HW and porting models in a new and exciting research field of drug discovery - that's a way to do your PhD and beyond! Of course we couldn't miss an opportunity at #AIPlumbers in Berlin to get a personal perspective, so instead of a formal talk, it's a friendly chat and sincere answers.
Key moments from the talk:
00:00 – 01:19 Intro & First Impressions at AI Plumbers
01:20 – 02:33 Moritz’s Background & Journey into AI
02:34 – 04:44 AlphaFold on Tenstorrent Hardware
04:45 – 06:29 Open-Source Culture & Community Experience
06:30 – 08:15 Advice for Beginners in AI + Closing
