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Steal this talk It’s been a long journey building “Talkie”, but in the process I’ve consumed 100’s of Ruby talks from over the last years and I want to boil them down to the best things I can fit into this time slot. This talk is like a listicle of listicles, a best of Ruby talks. Like if you soaked up all the Ruby talks, cooked them down into a thick paste and then smeared it all over the EuRuKo stage. Aaron Cruz - https://twitter.com/mraaroncruz EuRuKo 2019
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In his talk "Steal This Talk" at EuRuKo 2019, Aaron Cruz shares his journey in the Ruby programming community while delving into the concepts of artificial intelligence and its application in generating talks. Key Points Discussed: - **Community Impact**: Aaron reflects on his experience at the EuRuKo conference, describing how it helped him connect with fellow Ruby enthusiasts and motivated him to start speaking at various events. - **Transition from Mindset**: He discusses his turn from speaker to a phase where he struggled to come up with new talk ideas, leading to a temporary hiatus from public speaking. - **Creative Inspiration**: After watching a YouTube video about generating rap lyrics using recurrent neural networks (RNNs), he decided to experiment with RNNs to create a talk for him. - **Neural Network Explanation**: Aaron explains the concepts behind RNNs and convolutional neural networks (CNNs), demonstrating their roles in text generation and classification tasks. - **Practical Example**: He outlines how a basic neural network works by using a picture classification example (windmills) to explain data processing and backpropagation effectively. - **Learning Process**: The talk emphasizes the importance of data volume in enhancing the creativity of the neural network, leading to more coherent output as the network processes more information. - **New Talk Generation**: Aaron shares that his AI-generated talk revolved around improving debugging in Rails 5, emphasizing teamwork and collaboration as essential elements for success in technical projects. - **Takeaway Message**: He concludes by highlighting the significance of open collaboration and their collective impact on tech projects, encouraging the audience to foster teamwork over individualistic approaches. Overall, Aaron's talk not only outlines his personal experiences but serves as a gateway into understanding how modern AI techniques can influence programming and community interactions in Ruby. He leaves the audience with a thoughtful reminder about the importance of collaboration in software development, making it clear that shared knowledge and teamwork drive innovation and success.
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