Four people talking on the front porch of a New Orleans shotgun house at dusk. The porch ceiling is painted pale blue, the bulb is on, and one wooden chair is empty.

AI Friday

Friday, October 2

5:30 pm · New Orleans · venue to come

You don't have to be a developer. Most of us aren't.

Pull up a chair or say hi in Slack first

What this is

AI Friday is a meetup in New Orleans. Once a month, on a Friday, after work.

People bring something they made with AI and show it to the room. Most of it is half finished. That's the part worth seeing.

Nobody is selling anything. You don't have to bring anything your first time. Come look.

What people made

  • The intake bot

    Renée · family law

    Takes the first call from a new client, asks what she would have asked, and has the file started before Monday.

  • Monday through Friday

    Marcus · teaches eighth grade science

    He feeds it one standard and gets back a week of worksheets he actually wants to hand out.

  • The schedule

    Thuy · runs a restaurant on Freret

    Twelve people's availability, sorted in ten minutes instead of two hours on a Sunday night.

  • The RFP reader

    Dave · nonprofit

    Reads a forty page grant application and tells him whether it's worth the week.

What you leave with

  • One thing you can use Monday

    Someone will show you a prompt, a tool, or a shortcut. Write it down. It will work.

  • Two or three names

    People with your job, in your city, stuck on the same thing. Now you can text them.

  • Proof it isn't that hard

    Someone who is not a programmer already built the thing you assumed needed one.

The kitchen

Every party ends up in the kitchen. Ours is a Slack.

People post what they're stuck on, what finally worked, and what they're bringing Friday. It moves slowly enough to keep up with.

Join the Slack