Wiki3: Own Your Own AI Workshop

About this event

Wiki3 AI Owners Group — Free and IN-PERSON at Hacker Dojo This is a hands-on workshop where you'll learn to run AI models on your own computer. We'll focus on practical tools you can install and use today, with live demos, guided installations, and time to experiment with your own projects. The Wiki3 AI Owners Group is for people who want to own their AI tools. We started with Jan.ai (https://Jan.ai) and Hermes Agent. This session covers local-first AI basics and gets you up and running with Unsloth Desktop (https://unsloth.ai/docs/desktop), a local provider of LLM and media generation with built-in chat with tools from the leading open weight model optimization gurus, plus an introduction to installing and using Agent Zero (https://www.agent-zero.ai/), the best local-first agent harness with containerization and Open Source. Agenda (2.5 hours) .............................................................................................. Getting Started with Unsloth Desktop (https://unsloth.ai/docs/desktop) — See what's possible with local AI right out of the box What, Why, How: Local-First AI — Why running models locally matters for privacy, cost, and control - Open Source & Freedom — Why OSS and "free as in freedom" are essential to owning your AI Installation Walkthroughs \- Mac setup Using Unsloth Desktop Search — Unsloth Desktop includes web search from the privacy preseving DuckDuckGo (https://duckduckgo.com/) search service. Q&A — Your questions answered Practice/Problem-Solving Time — Bring a task or use case you want to tackle; we'll work through it together. Member Demos — Share what you built or learned during the session (optional) Review & Feedback — What should we cover next? What could be improved? .............................................................................................. What to Bring A laptop (Mac or Windows) if you want to install and experiment during the session. No prior setup required — we'll do everything together. Also not required, just bring your curiosity! Who Should Attend Anyone interested in running AI privately on their own hardware. Educators, developers, researchers, students, and curious technologists welcome. No AI experience required. Registration Space is limited for in-person attendance at Hacker Dojo. Online attendees welcome via