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DESCRIPTION:Monday\, September 21\, 2026\n\n5:30pm – 7:30 pm\n\nIEEE Cons
 ultants&#39; Network: SEPTEMBER 2026 Meeting (&quot;Home Base&quot;)\n\n&quot;Use and Deploym
 ent of AI Specialists”\n\nMatthew Zimmer\, MSME\, MBA\nSystems Engineer 
 | AKA “The A.I. Penny Pincher”\n\nTOPIC:\nAI is a general-purpose tech
 nology\, but it&#39;s already produced specialists — practitioners so fluent
  that the gap between them and a motivated beginner is wider than most peo
 ple realize\, and widening daily. We&#39;ll look honestly at where the real va
 lue lives\, why meaningful results come from partnering rather than going 
 it alone\, and which skills and mental models non-specialists need to leve
 rage what they can and hold a credible conversation with the people handli
 ng the rest.\n\nLOCATION:\nLeucadia Pizza UTC / La Jolla\n7748 Regents Rd\
 nSan Diego\, CA\n\nMenu: https://leucadiapizza.com/menus/utc\n\nCOST:\nFre
 e\, but you are responsible for your own food/drinks/gratuity\nOrder at th
 e counter\n\nPARKING:\nAmple parking in front of restaurant\n\nAre you on 
 our [LinkedIn group](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2112928)?\n\nMeetup L
 ink for this meeting: https://www.meetup.com/san-diego-ieee-meetup/events/
 315979654/\n\nSpeaker(s): Matthew Zimmer\n\nAgenda: \nSan Diego IEEE Consu
 ltants&#39; Network Meeting:\n\n5:30-6:00 Networking\, food/drinks\n6:00-6:15 
 &quot;Round Robin&quot; Intros\; Announcements\n6:15-7:00 Presentation\n7:15-7:30+ N
 etworking\; Close\n(NOTE: Happy hour pricing ends at 6pm)\n\nWe welcome ne
 wcomers and old faces we haven&#39;t seen in a while.\n\nBldg: Leucadia Pizza 
 UTC / La Jolla\, 7748 Regents Rd\, San Diego\, California\, United States\
 , 92122
LOCATION:Bldg: Leucadia Pizza UTC / La Jolla\, 7748 Regents Rd\, San Diego\
 , California\, United States\, 92122
ORGANIZER:enriquem03@yahoo.com
SEQUENCE:26
SUMMARY:IEEE/CN - September 2026 Meeting &quot;Use and Deployment of AI Speciali
 sts&quot; - Matthew Zimmer\, MSME\, MBA
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/573819
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 &gt;AI is a general-purpose technology\, but it&#39;s already produced specialist
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 ed beginner is wider than most people realize\, and widening daily. We&#39;ll 
 look honestly at where the real value lives\, why meaningful results come 
 from partnering rather than going it alone\, and which skills and mental m
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  href=&quot;https://www.meetup.com/san-diego-ieee-meetup/events/315979654/&quot;&gt;htt
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 o IEEE Consultants&#39; Network Meeting:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=
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 &quot;background-size: auto\; background-attachment: scroll\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;col
 or: black\; background: rgb(246\, 247\, 248)\;&quot;&gt;6:00-6:15 &quot;Round Robin&quot; In
 tros\; Announcements &lt;br&gt;6:15-7:00 Presentation &lt;br&gt;7:15-7:30+ Networking\
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 &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\; color: black\; background: rgb(246\, 247\, 
 248)\;&quot;&gt;(NOTE: Happy hour pricing ends at 6pm)&amp;nbsp\; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
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 nt-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\
 ; color: black\; background: rgb(246\, 247\, 248)\;&quot;&gt;We welcome newcomers 
 and old faces we haven&#39;t seen in a while.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;Mso
 Normal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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