Build Small Hackathon

Short summary

Hugging Face is sponsoring a hackathon that emphasizes building with small models (32 billion parameters) rather than giant LLMs, attempting to recapture the pre-2024 era when AI tinkering felt more accessible and optimistic. Participants are encouraged to solve real problems for people they know or create whimsical projects, explicitly moving away from building yet-another B2B SaaS tool. The hackathon reflects growing anxiety about AI's breakneck pace and aims to restore focus on human-centered, practical applications.

• •Hackathon focuses on 32B parameter models, not mega-scale LLMs
• •Goal: solve real problems or build creative projects, not another SaaS
• •Response to AI anxiety—recapture pre-2024 era of accessible, optimistic tinkering

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