BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20@ox.ogeer.org SUMMARY:The Next FLOSS Frontier - Gareth Smith DTSTAMP:20260608T111918Z DTSTART:20260604T180000Z DTEND:20260604T190000Z DESCRIPTION:View the Talk Recording [https://ogeer.org/ox/rec/tnff/]\n\nLLM s are revolutionising coding:\n\n * Empowering non-programmers to solve pr eviously intractable problems.\n\n * Shovelling toxic agentic asbestos int o our digital infrastructure\n\n * Making existing professional programmer s hundreds of times more productive\n\n * Destroying the jobs market and c ausing layoffs\n\n * Finding CVEs and making us more secure\n\n * Wasting ecosystem-changing quantities of electricity and water\n\nAs a professiona l programmer and lover of Free and Open Software\, should I be\nembracing GenAI or boycotting it?\n\nMember Gareth Smith [https://www.kindness.city/ blog/] is here to give their\nthoughts\, in a talk and Q&A.\n\n\nATTENDING \n\nOpen to anyone in the city\, whether a free software expert or newbie. \nJust turn up or join online [https://ogeer.org/ox/meet/tnff/]\; no regis tration\nrequired! If you can't make it\, we should also record the talk.\ n\nAs always\, our code of conduct [https://ox.ogeer.org/p/code-of-conduct ] applies\nto all attendees\, organisers\, and speakers\, in-person and on line.\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\nDIRECTIONS\n\nMake your way to Magdalen College Po rters' Lodge on the High Street and follow\nthis map\n[https://www.magd.ox .ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Magdalen-Main-Site-July-2021.pdf]\n(the event is immediately under the room labelled R). In brief\, once you have\ nentered the College from the Lodge\, take a sharp right and head under th e\narchway into Chaplain's Quad. The Terry Newport Room is in the building facing\nthe archway\, on the ground floor (directly under the Sophia Shep pard Room we\nhave used in the past). There will be someone at the door to let you in at the\nstart of the event\; external attendees will also be p rovided a code by the\nporters for access to both the building and the roo m.\n\n\nACCESSIBILITY\n\nThere is step-free and wheelchair access into the building and to the room\, but\nnot to the Lodge itself --- if you requir e assistance\, please ring the bell\noutside the Lodge and the porters wil l be happy to assist! There is an\naccessible toilet on the ground floor\, close to the lift and near the room.\n\nThe room is fitted with an induct ion loop.\n\nMore information on accessibility is available on the Univers ity Access Guide\n[https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/magdalen-college#tab-3 036696]\, and on Magdalen\nCollege's website\n[https://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/v isiting-magdalen-college/accessibility-information/]\n(which unfortunately does not mark headings correctly\, assistive technology\nusers). Please n ote that the information about toilets in the "Access Guide"\nmust be out of date and the information above takes priority.\n\n\nSTICKER EXCHANGE\n\ nAfter the talk\, we will be (somewhat unrelatedly) exchanging stickers\; I\n(Oliver) have a lot with the Software Freedom Conservancy\n[https://sfc onservancy.org/]'s logo.\n\n\nATTRIBUTION\n\nCover image\n[https://betteri magesofai.org/images?artist=WesCockx&title=AIlargelanguagemodels]\nCC-BY-4 .0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode] Wes Cockx\n[htt ps://cream3d.com/] for Google DeepMind. URL:https://ox.ogeer.org/event/the-next-floss-frontier GEO:51.7519759;-1.2473522 LOCATION:Terry Newport Room\, Magdalen College - Magdalen College Porters' Lodge\, High Street\, OX1 4AU\; then use the instructions in the event des cription. STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:talk,open-level X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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LLMs are revolutionising coding:

As a professional programmer and lover of Free and Open Software, should I be embracing GenAI or boycotting it?

Me mber Gareth Smit h is here to give their thoughts, in a talk and Q&A.

Attend ing

Open to anyone in the city, whether a free software expert or n ewbie.
Just turn up or join online; no registration required! If you can't make it, we should also record the talk.

As always, our code of conduct applies to all attendees, organisers, and speakers, in-person and online.

Venue


Directions

Make your way to Ma gdalen College Porters' Lodge on the High Street and follow this map (the event is immediately under the r oom labelled R). In brief, once you have entered the College from the Lodg e, take a sharp right and head under the archway into Chaplain's Quad. The Terry Newport Room is in the building facing the archway, on the ground f loor (directly under the Sophia Sheppard Room we have used in the past). T here will be someone at the door to let you in at the start of the event; external attendees will also be provided a code by the porters for access to both the building and the room.

Accessibility

There is st ep-free and wheelchair access into the building and to the room, but not t o the Lodge itself --- if you require assistance, please ring the bell out side the Lodge and the porters will be happy to assist! There is an access ible toilet on the ground floor, close to the lift and near the room.

< p>The room is fitted with an induction loop.

More information on acc essibility is available on the University Access Guide, and on Magdalen College's website (whic h unfortunately does not mark headings correctly, assistive technology use rs). Please note that the information about toilets in the "Access Guide" must be out of date and the information above takes priority.

Sticker Exchange

After the talk, we will be (somewhat u nrelatedly) exchanging stickers; I (Oliver) have a lot  with the Software Fre edom Conservancy's logo.

Attribution

Cover image CC-BY-4.0 Wes Cockx for Google DeepMind.

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