Comox Valley AI Community Meetup

AI is everywhere right now—in your phone, your work, your news feed. Some people are excited and building with it daily. Others have real concerns about jobs, privacy, and what happens when we automate too much.

Here's what we think: both positions make sense.

That's why we're starting Comox Valley AI… a space where we can be curious AND critical.

Where we ask the bigger questions:

• How do we stay authentic?

• How do we build better community?

• What does it mean to be human when AI can do so many things we used to do?

CV + AI Meetup #0

📅 Wednesday, April 8
🕠 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Native Sons Hall, 360 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay

This is our first informal gathering… no agenda, no formal structure. Just real people meeting face-to-face to figure out what this community wants to be.

You don't need to be technical. Whether you're excited, concerned, or just curious—if you're in the Valley and thinking about where AI is going, you belong in this room.

We already have 39 people registered. We'd love you to join us.

RSVP here: https://luma.com/comox

CV + AI is a regional chapter of BC + AI, a nonprofit building community-driven AI spaces across British Columbia. Our Vancouver gatherings have grown to 250+ people monthly, with 37% women members… not your typical tech crowd.

Questions? Reply to this email or reach out to Lourdes Gant ([email protected]), our Regional Lead for Comox Valley.

Hope to see ya April 8,

P.S. Want to know what this community actually sounds like? Here are three recent talks from our YouTube. Start anywhere.

AI UX Design: ChatGPT Interfaces Are Already Obsolete
Allen Pike (Forestwalk Labs) maps the shift from chatbot gimmicks to context-native interfaces. The future of AI interaction isn't typing into a box—it's software that knows what you're doing and does the next obvious thing.

Should We Let Our Brains Connect to the Internet?
Dr. Judy Illes, Distinguished Professor at UBC and neuroethics pioneer, breaks down the revolution happening where neuroscience meets AI—how tech is already decoding consciousness, treating neurological disorders, and the ethical blind spots we're ignoring.

I Built 52 Startups in 52 Weeks with AI Coding Agents
Michael Yagudaev shut down 51 of them. The brutal, unfiltered truth about AI coding: more output doesn't mean better outcomes. One of the most honest talks we've hosted.

MCP Tips and Tricks Expert Level
A deep technical session on Model Context Protocol from our community. If you're building with MCP or want to understand why it matters, this is the one.