2023 was RMAIIG’s founding year. The group launched in April 2023 and grew rapidly, hosting eleven events — Zoom and in-person at the CU Boulder ATLAS Building, plus two paid partner events at conferences.
December 11, 2023 — Tips and Tools for Thriving in an AI-paced World
In-person: 123 | Zoom: 42 | Pizza Sponsor: Karon Dickinson, West + Main Homes | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100) + Zoom
Adapting to the AI-driven era: strategic time management, aligning business goals with user needs, and reimagining business strategies for future growth.
Speakers:
- Brad Perkins — Design thinking and digital product strategy expert; 10+ years leading organizational transformation. Discussed adapting behaviors and business structures for the AI-driven world.
- Bill Quinn — Futurist, TCS; 25+ years in innovation, strategy, and product management. Offered a framework for reimagining business in an AI-driven world.
November 13, 2023 — Legal Aspects of AI
Attendees: 125 | Sponsor: Pixel Law (Chris Brown) | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Copyright laws for AI-generated content, ethical considerations in AI decision-making, liability and accountability in autonomous systems, and training LLMs with copyrighted works.
Speakers:
- Michael Drapkin — CEO, Paximal (AI-powered patent applications); formerly Partner, Intellectual Property Group at Holland & Hart.
- Jason Adaska — Program Director, Numerica Corporation; formerly CTO at Juris Futura and creator of the “Atticus” AI legal automation platform at Holland & Hart.
- Tamara Pester Schklar — Attorney specializing in trademark and copyright; founder of tmbtq.com and learntrademarks.com.
Individual talks:
Tamara Pester Schklar (recorded talk)
October 9, 2023 — AI Ethics
Attendees: 109 | Pizza Sponsor: Anonymous RMAIIG member | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Fairness and bias, privacy and security, transparency, accountability, future of work, and existential risk — a wide-ranging discussion of the myriad ethical considerations surrounding AI.
Speakers:
- Professor Diane Sieber — Director, Herbst Program of Engineering, Ethics and Society; former Associate Dean for Education, CU Boulder Engineering; President’s Teaching Scholar.
- Robert Monaco — Passionate advocate for responsible and ethical AI; collaborated with IBM on AI initiatives; completed Cornell Law seminar on Business Ethics and Technology.
September 11, 2023 — AI and Robotics
In-person: 137 | Zoom: 49 | Sponsor: Carlos Garcia (private investor) | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100) + Zoom
How generative AI and robotics are increasingly being integrated — autonomous operation, computer vision, and NLP. Featured live demos including Furhat (social robotics) and Boston Dynamics’ Spot.
Speakers:
- Jacob Korniak — Furhat Robotics (Conversational AI and Social Robotics; 100 languages, 300+ dialects, 5 continents).
- Harel Biggie — PhD student, CU Boulder ARPG. Covered DARPA SubT Challenge (3rd place globally) and live demo with Boston Dynamics Spot using ChatGPT for natural language navigation.
August 8, 2023 — Generative AI in Education
In-person: 63 | Zoom: 34 | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100) + Zoom
Perspectives on the proper role of AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard, and Midjourney in education — from outright bans to required use, and everything in between.
Speakers:
- Dr. Peter Foltz — Executive Director, NSF AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming (iSAT), CU Boulder; Research Professor, CU Institute of Cognitive Science.
- Dr. Teresa Nugent — Associate Teaching Professor of English, CU Boulder; developing a “Writing in the Age of AI” course.
- Dave Taylor — Adjunct Professor and DU Leader in Teaching Excellence; lifelong entrepreneur and tech author.
June 13, 2023 — The Future of AI
Attendees: 130 | Pizza Sponsor: Karl Dakin, Entrepreneur Pro | Location: CU Boulder ATLAS Building (Room 100)
Insights into AI capabilities predicted for the next 6–12 months — multimodal models, AI self-improvement, amplification, and distillation — and their implications for productivity, jobs, and AI quality.
Speakers:
- Dr. Josiah Seaman — Data scientist; founder of Creative Contours (modernizing copyright law for AI-generated art); PhD in Bioinformatics.
- Wayne Radinsky — Futurist; co-founded the Boulder Future Salon in 2006; participated in the first AI MOOC with Andrew Ng (2011).
May 24, 2023 — AI Meetup at GlueCon (Paid Partner Event, $49)
Attendees: 24 | Location: Omni Interlocken Hotel, 500 Interlocken Blvd, Broomfield, CO
RMAIIG partnered with GlueCon for a special evening AI event — keynotes from Adrian Cockcroft (Netflix/AWS), Matt Thompson (Google Cloud), and Banjo Obayomi (AWS), plus a dedicated AI Meetup from 8–10 PM.
May 23, 2023 — “Chat-Tank” AI Startup Pitch Night (Online)
Attendees: 116 | Format: Zoom
Seven AI startups pitched a panel of Angel and VC investors, with a prize for the best pitch — a friendly, collaborative environment for founders to practice and receive feedback.
Startups pitched: Notewraiter · Thumper AI · Hyperchat.ai · Entrepreneur Coach · Brainwavelabs.ai · Creative Contours · Maru.ai
Investor panel: Ann Ferracane (Patch Ventures) · Matt Zwiebel (Drive Capital)
May 9, 2023 — Creativity, AI Art and Copyright (Online)
Attendees: 136 | Format: Zoom | Organizers: Jerry Laiserin, Andrew Currie & Dr. Anthony T. Pinter
What does it mean to create in the age of generative AI? A panel of artists and technologists on AI image generation, creativity with AI, and why the US Copyright Office won’t register copyright for AI-generated art.
Speakers:
- Dr. Anthony T. Pinter — Teaching Assistant Professor, ATLAS Institute, CU Boulder.
- Mark Amerika — Artist and theorist; exhibited at Whitney Biennial and Denver Art Museum; author of My Life as an Artificial Creative Intelligence (Stanford UP, 2022).
- Jason M. Allen — Game designer from Pueblo; won First Place in digital arts at the Colorado State Fair using Midjourney; leading a nationwide movement to update US copyright law for AI art.
April 11, 2023 — ChatGPT: A Deeper Dive (Inaugural Meeting — Online)
Attendees: 297 | Format: Zoom
RMAIIG’s very first meeting. ChatGPT had launched in November 2022. This inaugural panel covered how it was created and trained, how to get the most from it, and a prominent AI research group’s case for government intervention to halt GPT model releases.
Speakers:
- Dr. Tom Yeh — Associate Professor of Computer Science, CU Boulder. Spoke on Large Language Models and how they’re created and trained.
- Ford Saeks — Business author, keynote speaker, President/CEO of Prime Concepts Group. Spoke on prompt engineering and applying AI to accelerate business growth.
- Marc Rotenberg — President and Founder, Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP); Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law. Discussed CAIDP’s FTC complaint to halt GPT model releases.
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