Peggy Wu's Life Lab | One Idea, A Group of Passionate Teammates, and an AI Tech Talk

 

Thanks to John, Jersey and Mandy for helping make the first AI Tech Talk in our Taipei office a reality!

We had more than 70 colleagues join online and over 40 attend in person (with some overlap between the two), which was far beyond what I originally expected.

The idea behind it was actually quite simple.

Whenever I chatted with friends and colleagues from different teams, I noticed that everyone had developed their own ways of using AI. People had discovered useful workflows, built their own habits, learned hard lessons, and accumulated plenty of practical experience along the way.

What felt a little unfortunate was that there weren't many opportunities for those experiences to be shared across teams.

Sometimes the challenge you're facing today is one that someone else has already solved. Sometimes a mistake someone else has already made can save you from making the same one yourself.

One comment I kept hearing recently also stuck with me:

"AI is probably the person I talk to the most every day."

It always made me smile, but it also reminded me of something important.

As AI becomes a bigger part of our daily work, opportunities for people to learn from one another face-to-face may actually become even more valuable.

Another motivation was to create a more relaxed and accessible environment where people could exchange ideas and experiences more freely. Over time, I hope this can grow into an internal AI community where colleagues can connect, share, and learn from each other.

To be honest, I hesitated before deciding to organize the Tech Talk and start building the community.

Besides being busy with work, I kept wondering:

"If AI agents are getting smarter every day, do people still need something like this? Can't everyone just ask AI directly?"

When I shared that thought with John, he immediately encouraged the idea. Jersey was equally supportive.

At that point, it felt like there was only one reasonable answer:

Let's do it.

I'm incredibly grateful to both of them for their encouragement and support. I'd also like to thank our amazing Office Manager for helping everything come together so smoothly.

With teammates like these, it became hard to find a reason not to move forward.

A special thank-you also goes to our two speakers who volunteered to kick off the first session.

Despite their busy schedules, they took the time to organize their experiences, prepare their materials, and join us in person to share what they've learned. That generosity is what makes a community possible.

I should also admit that I had a small personal motivation.

Of course I wanted to learn from experts within my own team, but I also wanted an opportunity to meet talented people from other parts of the company, understand how they think, and learn how they are using AI to improve the way they work.

Finally, thank you to everyone who attended, joined online, and asked thoughtful questions.

Seeing people willing to share, exchange ideas, and help one another is exactly what I hoped for when this started.

And hopefully, this is only the beginning.