AI, Code and the Art of Shipping
🎈 Join us for our 10th Anniversary Macc Tech Event, hosted at Blue Beck. 🥳
A chance to meet, network and share ideas, with complimentary refreshments provided.
Presentations:
Your AI works, but should you ship it? - Kirsten Osborn
AI introduces new risks to product development. From biased decisions and privacy breaches to hallucinations and unintended user harm. The risks aren't just theoretical, but can have serious consequences for both users and the product companies themselves.
In this talk we'll look at some real-world AI product fails, unpack what Responsible AI actually means in practice, and explore simple ways teams can incorporate Responsible AI into their thinking and products.
AI Is Here: PRs Are Dead, Long Live PRs - Rachel Breeze
Pull requests have become the default way teams collaborate, review code, and catch problems before they ship. But when AI can review a change in seconds, it's worth asking what we actually expect a PR to do.
Is it a quality gate? A knowledge-sharing moment? An audit trail of how the codebase evolves?
This talk explores what happens to the PR when AI enters the process. We will look at what humans still uniquely contribute when AI is doing more of the reviewing, why the work that happens before the PR opens matters more than ever, and how to think about ownership and accountability in a pipeline where AI is making more of the decisions.
Agenda:
6.00 Arrival
6:45 Intro
Talks (from ~7pm, with break between. running order may vary)
Outro
Networking
9:00 Close
Food:
Our hosts Blue Beck will be providing complimentary refreshments and catering.
Entry:
Find us on George Street, behind Sunderland St. We are above The Silklife Centre. The entrance is to the right of the Church / Foodbank entrance, marked George Street House. Take the lift or stairs to the Second Floor. Someone will be there to greet you and direct you to the Blue Beck offices.
About the venue:
The talk will be hosted at the Blue Beck office in Macclesfield. The full address is:
Second Floor,
George Street House,
George Street,
Macclesfield SK11 6HS
Step free access is available at George Street House with lift access to the Blue Beck offices.
Further information on our venues can be found at macctech.co.uk/venues
Parking:
George Street: 2 Hours free pre-6pm, no restrictions after 6pm.
Nearest Car Park: Sunderland Street Car Park - Map
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