AI Tinkerers - LA Hackathon

Hackathon Handbook

Welcome to the AI Tinkerers Hackathon! Here’s your go-to guide for key resources, tools, and ideas to help you make the most out of this event.

Sponsor Tools:

• Oxen.ai: Open-source tools to track, iterate, collaborate on, and discover multi-modal data in any format.
• Mirascope: LLM abstractions that aren’t obstructions.
• Voker: No-code AI builder for product teams.

Creative Project Ideas

• “Wrong Answers Only” LLM: A chatbot fine-tuned to always get it hilariously wrong.
• Model Drift Visualizer: Use real or synthetic data to create a dashboard showing how an ML model’s predictions drift over time — plug into Oxen.ai to track versions.
• Multi-Agent Collaboration Simulation: Set up two or more lightweight agents (AutoGen, CrewAI, LangGraph) that negotiate or solve tasks together. Use Mirascope to orchestrate LLM prompts cleanly between agents.
• Roommate Selector: Use AI to match personalities & habits to pick the ideal roommate. Bonus: build it visually with Voker.ai for a no-code matching interface.
• Dynamic Memory for LLM Agents: Implement a short-term and long-term memory system for an LLM agent with real-time context switching. Bonus: Store agent memories versioned over time using Oxen.ai as your memory backend.
• Tiny Vision Model on Edge Device: Use something like TensorFlow Lite to deploy a working microvision model on a Raspberry Pi or even a phone. Bonus: Track and iterate on your training datasets efficiently using Oxen.ai.
• Browser Extension: Productivity Insights: Use browser history + an LLM to suggest how to improve your focus habits.

Wildfire Theme Project Ideas

• AI-Powered Fire Watch: Use satellite or weather data to predict wildfire risk in SoCal.
• Evacuation Readiness Chatbot: Build a local-info assistant to help families prep for emergency evacuations.
• Recovery Resource Finder: An LLM-powered tool to help people find aid, grants, and services post-wildfire. Bonus: power it with Voker.

Best Practices:

• Collaboration: Don’t hesitate to reach out to fellow participants for feedback and ideas. Teamwork is key!
• Documentation: Keep track of your progress and document your code. It will help during the demo session.
• Time Management: Plan your project scope wisely to ensure you can complete a working prototype by the submission deadline.

Let’s make this hackathon a fun and productive experience! Happy tinkering! 🎉