How Do You Know Your AI Actually Works?

​Where Sheffield forges the future of AI.

​This session's theme is How Do You Know Your AI Actually Works? Most AI demos look impressive, until they meet real users. We'll explore one of the most important skills in modern AI development: evaluating whether an AI system actually works, using datasets, traces, evaluators, and experiments. You'll see how to move from "the agent/chat-bot seems good" to "we have evidence this version performs better than the last one", and why that matters for product work, safer deployment, and your own employability.

​Steel City AI is a hands-on community for people who want to build with AI, not just talk about it. We're developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and curious minds from across Sheffield who come together to explore what AI can actually do in the real world.

​Each month, we host practical, in-person sessions where you'll tackle real challenges, test tools like ChatGPT, Claude Code, Hermes, and CrewAI, and leave with something that actually works, not just ideas.

​No pitches. No long talks. Just builds, demos, and takeaways.

​Whether you're an engineer, maker, student, or simply AI-curious, you'll find a friendly group of people learning by doing, and having a laugh along the way.

​Learn by doing. Connect locally. Build something useful.