A shoutout for physical meetups
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Physical meetups increase retention and solve hands-on problems that AI often mishandles — a cited example shows ChatGPT-4 giving incorrect instructions for entering an Intel BIOS while a later model corrects it — so face-to-face help prevents newcomers losing interest. Groups work as few as two people, venues include universities, public libraries, local cafes, workers' union backrooms, and practices that matter are welcoming newcomers, short beginner talks, enforcing simple guidelines to avoid elitism, and promoting networks like PROSA at BornHack and CryptoHack.
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