Homborsund AI Summit
3. Mai 2025
Agentic & Multimodal AI: Beyond GenAI with o4-mini & The Hardware Wars
The second annual gathering for AI enthusiasts and professionals to discuss real-world applications and the future of artificial intelligence, focusing on agentic capabilities and multimodal interaction.
Experience the latest breakthroughs just weeks after the expected release of OpenAI's o4-mini and o3 models, alongside competitors like GPT-4.5 Orion, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and Grok 3 — exploring the shift towards AI agents that can reason, use tools (like Codex CLI!), understand diverse data types, and perhaps one day, take physical form.
But it's not all about GenAI! This year we're diving deep into the silicon battles, the rise of agentic frameworks, multimodal understanding, the path towards general-purpose agents, and the ML approaches that power our AI.
No tech allowed, just you and your curiosity — we'll provide the inspiration in nature's own environment, far from the hum of NVIDIA's H200 server farms.
Summit Schedule
Explore the lineup of thought-provoking talks and interactive sessions.
Welcome reception and networking (please bring food and drinks to share - bring something that even a trained chef ML model would approve of!)
Opening keynote: 'The Great GPU Hunger Games' - How NVIDIA went from gaming company to AI overlord, and why Jensen Huang's leather jacket contains more computing power than the entire Internet circa 2005
Panel: 'DeepSeek vs NVIDIA: David's Slingshot Moment' - How DeepSeek's R1 model is challenging NVIDIA's dominance by bypassing traditional GPU constraints
Workshop: 'Traditional ML's Revenge: When Simple Models Beat Giant Transformers' - Interactive demonstrations of when good old decision trees and random forests outperform their ChatGPT cousins
Debate: 'ML vs GenAI: The Battle for AI's Soul' - Has the GenAI hype overshadowed the steady progress in traditional ML? Two teams, one utedo toilet break, unlimited philosophical ammunition
Campfire discussions under the stars - 'Ghost Stories About Runaway Training Jobs and Other AI Horrors' - Bring blankets, warm drinks, and your most expensive failed experiment stories
2025's Cutting-Edge AI Trends
Our summit will explore the most revolutionary AI developments just emerging in 2025, including agentic models like OpenAI's o4-mini.
Dive into OpenAI's newest models (o4-mini, o3) combining advanced reasoning with multimodal skills (image analysis, generation) and agentic tool use via interfaces like Codex CLI.
Explore how models like o4-mini are becoming agents, capable of using tools (Python, web search, image analysis) autonomously to solve complex, multi-step problems.
The great silicon showdown: NVIDIA's $40,000 H200 GPUs power most AI, but DeepSeek's R1 model challenges this dominance with a radically different approach that bypasses traditional APIs.
While GenAI hogs the spotlight, traditional machine learning frameworks have evolved—sometimes outperforming transformer models with 1/1000th the parameters. Come witness XGBoost's revenge tour.
DeepSeek's 671B parameter Mixture-of-Experts model demonstrates how specialized neural pathways—not just raw parameter count—drive breakthrough performance at a fraction of the training cost.
How do we measure the 'intelligence' of models like o4-mini when they can use tools and interact multimodally? Explore the latest benchmarks and evaluation techniques.
Beyond specialized tasks: discussing the roadmap towards general-purpose AI agents that can learn, adapt, and potentially operate in the physical world as robots.
Machine Learning, Norwegian Style
What Norway lacks in silicon, we make up for in scenic beauty and philosophical clarity.
While Silicon Valley argues about which $100 million model is best, Norwegians have been quietly applying ML in practical ways that actually help people. Learn how:
- Neural nets for fishing forecasts: Local ML models predict optimal fishing conditions with 85% accuracy using 1000x less compute than a single ChatGPT query
- Random forests for actual forests: Predicting bark beetle outbreaks using lightweight ML that runs on solar power
- Gradient boosting vs. avalanches: How a 5MB model saves lives every winter
- When your utedo needs AI: (Trick topic - utedos definitely don't need AI, and that's the point!)
"Sometimes the most advanced technology is knowing when to use no technology at all." — Norwegian proverb we just made up but sounds legit
Join the Conversation
The Homborsund AI Summit is an invitation... that you extend to yourself.
That's the first and most important step. If you're reading this and thinking "I'd like to be there" - congratulations, you've completed the most crucial part of the registration process.
Bring your knowledge—whether it's vast expertise in transformer architectures or just a persistent curiosity about why ChatGPT hallucinates your birthday. What matters is what YOU know, and what YOU want to learn.
Invite yourself by clicking the registration link, then tell a fellow AI enthusiast about the summit. The best learning happens in small groups of passionate people—each person you invite enriches the experience for everyone.
Unlike mainstream conferences with prohibitive price tags and elaborate registration processes, we believe in simplicity. If you feel called to join our gathering of minds, we trust that you'll:
- Bring the right spirit — A blend of curiosity, openness, and willingness to disconnect from technology to connect with ideas and people
- Contribute to the potluck — Both literally (bring food/drinks) and figuratively (bring ideas, questions, and enthusiasm)
- Extend the circle — Invite someone who would add value to our discussions (but remember space is limited)
"The best gatherings are those where each person feels personally responsible for its success."
Join our WhatsApp community and introduce yourself
Meet the Speakers
Learn from industry experts, field builders and the occasional chaos agent.
Eivind
Random TOGAF nerd
Øyvind
Random dev nerd
Rebekka (please come!)
Random AI nerd
Jan
Random car buyer who keeps poking holes in insecure AI
Nina
Random UX freak
Lars
Random ERP nerd
Michael
Random community catalyst
Håvard
Random DevOps ghost
Erik
Enterprise Architecture & economic wiz
And you!
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Ofc, you!
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Vågsholt skole, Krømpe
This little white schoolhouse in Krømpe is where Homborsund AI builds momentum. It is closer to a workshop than a conference centre — no running water, no mains electricity, but plenty of heating, candlelight and an honest-to-goodness utedo a short walk away. Bring curiosity, something thoughtful to eat and a beverage you would trust around robots (beer or wine seem to flatter AI discussions); catering remains firmly in your capable hands while we handle the warmth, atmosphere and agenda that politely ignores boardroom formalities.
Vågsholt skole, Krømpe
Homborsund AI brings everyone together at the old village school in Krømpe, a short hop from Grimstad. It is a stripped-back, warm space that keeps the focus on people, prototypes and whatever refreshments you were clever enough to stash in your bag.
What you should know
- No running water on-site — pack bottles or top up before you arrive.
- There is no mains electricity, so charge devices in advance and bring power banks.
- The heated main room keeps everyone toasty even late into the evening.
- A classic utedo (outdoor toilet) handles the practicalities — rustic, but clean.
- Food and drink are emphatically BYO — craft beer or a conversational bottle of wine has a curious sympathy with AI.
Essentials
- Address
- Krømpe 16, 4885 Grimstad
- Coordinates
- 58.2926° N, 8.5086° E
- Parking
- Gravel lot next to the schoolyard
We stock extra blankets and firewood; you bring the provisions. Consider how well a contemplative lager or mischievous wine supports late-night model talk, and pack accordingly.
View on OpenStreetMapBack to Our Roots
Embracing the authentic Norwegian experience, our summit offers a refreshing departure from the usual tech-laden conferences.
Authentic Facilities
Traditional "Utedo": Experience our charming Norwegian outdoor toilet facility, a perfect opportunity to connect with nature while disconnecting from technology.
No Electricity or Running Water: Detach completely from digital dependencies. We'll use candles, lanterns, and stars to light our discussions—just like the pioneers of science and philosophy did for centuries.
What to Bring: A flashlight, comfortable warm clothes, your favorite drinks, and food to share. We'll provide basic necessities, warm fires, and plenty of inspiration.
Why Unplug?
As AI models like GPT-4.5 Orion and Claude 3.7 become increasingly natural in conversation and ever more capable, our summit offers a counterpoint: genuine human connection in its purest form.
In a world where AI can now generate working code, create interactive visualizations, and solve complex math problems with ease, we believe that human creativity still flourishes best in nature, away from screens.
"Some of my best ideas came when I was furthest from technology." — Previous attendee
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