Vicki Boykis Keynotes on AI Anxiety: Why Good Engineering Still Matters
vboykis · x · 2026-09-30
ML engineer and Malachite founding engineer Vicki Boykis gave a keynote at the Applied Machine Learning Conference (April 17-18, 2026, Charlottesville, VA) on machine learning and engineering.
- The talk addresses the questions and anxiety many practitioners feel about software development today, arguing why good engineering practices still matter
- Talk recording is publicly available via the link in the post
- Boykis reflected afterward that when you're feeling down, "starting to build again" is always a good remedy
The conference spans two days: day one features keynotes and technical talks (co-keynoted by NVIDIA Research co-founder David Luebke), day two offers 90-minute hands-on tutorials and lightning talks.
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