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Have an AI track focused on how to use AI to improve OSS software instead of how to run LLama on RISC-V. Invite the open source developpers behind popular OSS

Have an AI track focused on how to use AI to improve OSS software instead of how to run LLama on RISC-V. Invite the open source developpers behind popular OSS AI frameworks such as opencode, etc. Invite talkers from large companies that produce open source software and models such as Mistral.AI Invite talkers from companies that run OSS LLMs at scale such as groq Invite the people who build drones in Ukraine, (probably the most succesful open hardware story to date). Have drone building workshops / drone piloting stands

benou 8mo ago
Anyone can propose a devroom for FOSDEM, I hope you'll do it next year :)
- fvdessen 8mo ago
  Yes, maybe I should.
mixmastamyk 8mo ago
It's been ~three years now we've been hearing about "AI" non-stop. Am a bit tired of it to be honest.
- fvdessen 8mo ago
  It is extremely exhausting, but it's also the biggest change in tech since the invention of the internet. It don't think it can be ignored.
  - bigstrat2003 8mo ago
    That's certainly what the companies who stand to profit want us to believe. But I don't think it is. I think it's yet another hype storm without any actual utility to back it up.
    - menaerus 8mo ago
      It's definitely not a hype.
      - mixmastamyk 8mo ago
        It’s definitely hype and a bubble, combined with real advances. Two true at once.
- charcircuit 8mo ago
  But the AI talked about 3 years ago are not the same kind of projects that are being talked about today. It's rapidly evolving. There is a lot of new scope available for new open source projects to take. This isn't open source reimplementing the same thing for 3 years straight.
  - mixmastamyk 8mo ago
    Meh, evolutionary is still boring after three years. Past the peak of the hype cycle.
direwolf20 8mo ago
Sounds good! You should propose to give that talk next year.
Orygin 8mo ago
> Have an AI track focused on how to use AI to improve OSS software Like this AI track? What more do you want? https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/ai/ https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/ai/
zoobab 8mo ago
"open source software and models such as Mistral.AI" No training data -> not "open source" No code for the training -> not "open source"
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benou 8mo ago

Anyone can propose a devroom for FOSDEM, I hope you'll do it next year :)

fvdessen 8mo ago
Yes, maybe I should.

mixmastamyk 8mo ago

It's been ~three years now we've been hearing about "AI" non-stop. Am a bit tired of it to be honest.

fvdessen 8mo ago
It is extremely exhausting, but it's also the biggest change in tech since the invention of the internet. It don't think it can be ignored.
- bigstrat2003 8mo ago
  That's certainly what the companies who stand to profit want us to believe. But I don't think it is. I think it's yet another hype storm without any actual utility to back it up.
  - menaerus 8mo ago
    It's definitely not a hype.
    - mixmastamyk 8mo ago
      It’s definitely hype and a bubble, combined with real advances. Two true at once.
charcircuit 8mo ago
But the AI talked about 3 years ago are not the same kind of projects that are being talked about today. It's rapidly evolving. There is a lot of new scope available for new open source projects to take. This isn't open source reimplementing the same thing for 3 years straight.
- mixmastamyk 8mo ago
  Meh, evolutionary is still boring after three years. Past the peak of the hype cycle.

direwolf20 8mo ago

Sounds good! You should propose to give that talk next year.

Orygin 8mo ago

> Have an AI track focused on how to use AI to improve OSS software Like this AI track? What more do you want? https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/ai/ https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/ai/

zoobab 8mo ago

"open source software and models such as Mistral.AI" No training data -> not "open source" No code for the training -> not "open source"

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