West Michigan AI Lab

Mark your calendars for another great West Michigan AI Lab event on January 15th! We kick off the year with Drew Colthorp at Atomic Object. https://lnkd.in/gzTBdMFR Never Lose a Thought: Using AI to Keep Knowledge at Your Fingertips If you’re tired of digging through old notes, missing important details, or spending hours trying to get everyone on the same page, this talk is for you. We’ll look at how AI—particularly large language models and emerging approaches like OpenAI’s “o1” model—can capture, organize, and surface the knowledge you need, right when you need it. Learn how to automatically transcribe meetings so you can stay present, effortlessly summarize key insights, and build an evolving knowledge base that keeps everyone aligned. It’s about freeing yourself from information overload so you can focus on the creative, high-impact work that really matters. Drew Colthorp is a seasoned software development leader with nearly two decades of experience at Atomic Object, a consultancy that crafts innovative software products. As the Practice Lead of Development, Drew empowers Atomic's developers to deliver exceptional results for clients while fostering rewarding careers. His leadership philosophy centers on equipping people with the tools and skills to analyze, take ownership, and thrive in their roles. #AITechnology #TechTalks #Innovation #TheRightPlace

Awesome event last night with WM AI Lab! Ben Jacques did a GREAT job imparting knowledge and starting the conversation around AI personas. Also a big thanks to Autocam Medical and Western Michigan University for their location and sponsorship. #AITechnology #TechTalks #Innovation #TheRightPlace

The next West Michigan AI Lab event is right around the corner! You should register and join us for a good conversation about AI. Get your AI questions answered here: https://lnkd.in/gPVw6pte

This is going to be a great event! If you haven't been to the West Michigan AI Lab meetup, then YOU need to register!

Join us at the next West Michigan AI LAB event as we are pleased to announce that Ben Jacques from SpinDance will be presenting on November 20th at our location hosted by Autocam Medical @ Western Michigan University. "There's No I in AI Team: Leveraging Multiple AI Personas to Mimic Collective Intelligence" As humans, we've long known that certain problems are solved better by a team than by one individual. Bringing different backgrounds and perspectives to a situation can help come up with creative solutions that others didn't even think about. Additionally, we all have different goals or objectives that we tend to focus on or ways that we think. Does the same mantra "Teamwork makes the dream work" apply to AI as well? In this talk, we'll explore a way of using a collection of AI personalities to function as a team. We'll demonstrate this by spinning up a virtual company with a CEO, CFO, engineer, tester, and designer. While each "persona" may use the same underlying model, giving them individual goals and approaches while forcing them to work together can yield better results. I'll also show some techniques for how you can apply this same idea to your problems. The parking options are: street parking throughout the neighborhood (enforced until 7pm, I believe), and the Cherry-Commerce parking ramp (light blue structure) just opposite our building on Cherry Street - which has a rate of $2/half hour. https://lnkd.in/gPVw6pte #AITechnology #TechTalks #Innovation

Super excited to hear Ben Rupp at the West Michigan AI Lab event tonight hosted by Service Express. Don't miss out! https://lnkd.in/gZk8YnkU

You've probably already used AI personally and many of you have likely even used a PERSONAL ChatGPT, Bard, or Perplexity (etc) even during BUSINESS hours. More than 77,000 organizations have already adopted Microsoft Copilot.   Join West Michigan AI Lab on Oct. 16th to learn about ways that we've seen West Michigan organizations leveraging Copilot within the Microsoft ecosystem for Work. Hosted by Service Express. We'll discuss: ➡️The current State of AI Adoption in the workplace ➡️Copilot FREE v. Copilot for M365 (Paid) ➡️Tips on using generative AI securely We'll see you there! https://lnkd.in/gbfUcRaH

Very excited to announce we have Ben Rupp from InsITe Business Solutions, Inc. as our featured speaker for the October 16th West Michigan AI Lab event! Ben will be presenting his "InsITE" on AI and sharing some practical applications using AI technology. Service Express is graciously willing to host us at their facility this month. For more information, and to register, click here: https://lnkd.in/gbfUcRaH

I know its a been a while! We are getting close to announcing our fall line up. Hang in there we 've got some GREAT speakers to share with you. Stay tuned!!

West Michigan AI Labs Tech Week Presentation Our next event will be taking place on Wednesday, September 18th at GRCC's Secchia Piazza. There will be multiple AI-focused speakers starting at 9am and ending at noon. The lineup is not fully confirmed, but we have confirmed that Charles Elwood will be speaking on behalf of West Michigan AI Lab. Charles is passionate about AI and how it can be used to help those in need. He is both a Tedx presenter and a Microsoft AI MVP. Here is his LinkedIn profile - Charles Elwood (ชาลี) (Microsoft AI MVP) We hope to see you all there!