1. Introduce IntelliJ IDEA IDE and tools 2. Showcase my Unix-omnipotent educational open source AI agent called Claudine (which can basically do what Claude Code can do, but I already provided it in October 2024) 3. Go through glossary of AI-related terms 4. Explore demo code snippets gradually introducing more and more abstract concepts 5. Work together on ideas brought by participants
In theory attendees of the workshop should learn enough to be able to build an agent like Claudine themselves. During this workshop I am introducing my open source AI development stack (Kotlin multiplatform SDK, based on Anthropic API). Many examples are using OPENRNDR creative coding framework, which makes the whole process more playful. I'm OPENRNDR contributor and I often call it "an operating system for media art installations". This is why the workshop is called "Agentic AI & Creative Coding". Here is the list of demos:
- Demo010HelloWorld.kt - Demo015ResponseStreaming.kt - Demo020Conversation.kt - Demo030ConversationLoop.kt - Demo040ToolsInTheHandsOfAi.kt - Demo050OpenCallsExtractor.kt - Demo061OcrKeyFinancialMetrics.kt - Demo070PlayMusicFromNotes.kt - Demo090ClaudeAiArtist.kt - Demo090DrawOnMonaLisa.kt - Demo100AffirmationMirror.kt - Demo110TruthTerminal.kt - Demo120AiAsComputationalArtist.kt
And I would like to extend it even further.
Each code example is annotated with "What you will learn" comments which I split into 3 categories:
- AI Dev: techniques, e.g. how to maintain token window, optimal prompt engineering - Cognitive Science: philosophical and psychological underpinning, e.g. emergent theory of mind and reasoning, the importance of role-playing - Kotlin: in this case the language is just the simplest possible vehicle for delivering other abstract AI development concepts.
I am collecting lots of feedback from participants of my workshops, and I hope to improve them even further. Now I am considering recording this workshop as a series of YouTube videos.
Are you teaching how to write AI agents? How do you do it? Do you have any recommendations for my workshops?
https://xemantic.com/ai/workshops/
