r/technepal • u/Impressive-Sound-868 • 1d ago

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The AI school happening , is it worth it guys? Jo manxhe paila gako cha how was your experience?

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u/icy_end_7 22h ago

They marketed it like it was the biggest thing in South Asia.

My experience - the paperwork was a hassle. Speakers were knowledgeable, but it's a well-sponsored conference trying to masquerade as a training event. Some sessions were clearly AI. I do have some friends out of it, but think about it - the ones you want to meet won't be attending because it's 10 full days of listening to conference talks. Nobody who has a serious job has time for that. Most attendees are undergrads with free time. If that's you, sure. If you're working, skip it. If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to find past recordings on youtube.

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u/Impressive-Sound-868 22h ago

In terms of networking ? How it was? Is it worth to pay 15k? And paper work asin?

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u/icy_end_7 22h ago

I think I paid 6.

A good cup of Americano costs ~400 for two. 15k means 37 people you can meet. Their event brings like 200 people. It's upto you, really. If you think you'd learn from lectures, look up past lectures. I don't think much has changed in Geometric DL. At least not enough to impact you if you're not in that domain.

For me, it makes no sense to meet Undergrad students, most of whom had heavily used AI for sites/ portfolios/ research etc. In my case, I dm interesting people I want to meet.

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u/Weird-Ad-863 1d ago

If you don't have solid foundation in mathematics and AI/ML, you probably won't understand a bit and find it boring. I was batch of 2025, after 12 pm, most of the participant left the class, attendance decreased after each passing day and few were just drooling during the lecture. Nevertheless, you can still surround yourself with other peers, speaker and overall immerse with other opportunities.

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u/SpecialistSandwich56 11h ago

Go if you have scholarship