Description:
Four years into the Age of the Mainstream LLM, many of us still lack a sufficient foundational understanding of generative AI. One path to that understanding is use of local and/or lower-level tools that expose more of AI’s guts. But a homelab install of OpenClaw could get you doxxed, fired, divorced, and arrested – all by lunchtime. You know what never hurt nobody (other than musicians, anyway)? Music. In this brief workshop, we’ll meet some new friends, possibly install some new software, and use genAI-based music generation to learn a bit about the basics of AI implementations generally. Heck, we might even vibe-compose us a fake George Jones song about that one woeful morning we installed OpenClaw.
(Please note: Registrants for this session will be contacted with pre-session configuration instructions for their machines. This is to ensure that we can all make the most of a very short session together. Please keep an eye for a pertinent email in the weeks before the Pro Forum!)
About this event:
Presenters:
- Rob Bennett, Instructional Technology Facilitator, Engineering IT Shared Services
Track:
Make It So with Data and AI — Leverage AI and predictive analytics to chart courses no one has calculated before.
Experience Needed:
Beginner
Learning Outcome:
Concepts pertinent to local and “up-close” LLMs; introductory familiarity with genAI multimedia and creativity enhancement; ability to generate def jams on demand 24/7 and/or email them all individually to your boss
Maximum Capacity:
In-room seats limited to, well, the room; no cap on remote attendees.
Additional Keywords:
genAI, open source, local AI, multimedia, music, LLM
Where and When:
June 4, 2026 from 1:00 pm to 2:45 pm- Lincoln