It starts with You
Bucharest.AI adheres to the European values of AI ecosystems and aims to enrich the region with AI expertise and initiatives that benefit the society as a whole. With over 2500 members from various professional and academic backgrounds, the community benefits from extensive expertise in various technology sectors and key business verticals in the private sector, as well as from public sector representatives and non-governmental agencies.
Insightful
We deliver: key learnings, sharing sessions, connecting people and enabling the general understanding of AI technology.
Inclusive
Built for all and shaped with developers, engineers, scientists, product people, marketing types, business leaders and ethical experts.
Paul Graham, in his ‘Six Principles of Making New Things’ has a very brief and good approach to the pattern of making any new things:
Find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly.
As AI introduces new challenges we are still discovering, it is increasingly important to create mixed and diverse teams where a wide range of skills and experiences are considered. At Bucharest AI we welcome anyone, no matter the gender, race, profession or ethnicity.
Technology is here to augment our lives and tasks if we build it with the right specs in mind, and focus on either helping or not harming the user of the given tech solution to a problem.
Here’s a quick starters guide to learning ML {feel free to pass these on}:
- https://www.elementsofai.com/ — Simple course covering the basics of ML. It makes very clear distinctions between all the fuzzy words. It’s a good start should you not want to check standard formulas and models out there.
- https://ai.google/education/
- https://www.datacamp.com/community/tutorials/sets-in-python A must-read for anyone who programs data processing code in Python (and not just Python), courtesy of Andriy Burkov’s LinkedIn post share.
Community in numbers
2017
Launch year
+2300
Community members
+100
Regular event attendees
5
Team members
13
Meetups to date
5
Workshops
1
Hackaton
7
Mentoring sessions
Community profiles
65/35%
Male/female gender distribution
~70%
Developers and Researchers
~20%
Business decision makers
~10%
Others
Our Policies
Flexible hours
We are committed to support everyone learning AI. That means high-school students, employees or anyone. Supporting each other by being mindful of each’s context it’s the success key towards having our ecosystem succeed.
Diversity
Gender, race, and ethnicity. AI is for everyone, anywhere, anytime. What you say and do matters. Respecting each other, creates opportunity.
Integrity
Your voice is our contribution. Make it productive. Be sure to speak with correct information and not mislead towards a false understanding.
