James Murray offers talks and workshops that blend sober lived experience, 40+ years of software engineering, and hands-on AI search architecture. Sessions are practical, candid, and focused on giving people tools they can actually use.

Core Speaking Themes

• Recovery & Technology: How to design systems that truly help people in addiction recovery instead of adding more noise.
• Vector Search & RAG: A clear walkthrough of embeddings, vector databases, and RAG pipelines—without losing the technical detail.
• Semantic SEO & the Post-Keyword Web: What happens to SEO when search becomes vector-native and answer-first.
• Crypto & Signal Fusion: Lessons from building composite signal engines across charts, on-chain data, and social sentiment.

Example Talk Formats

• Keynote / Plenary (30–60 minutes)
  High-level narrative on recovery, AI, and the future of search with real systems as examples.
• Technical Deep-Dive (60–90 minutes)
  Architecture-level tour of RAG APIs, vector DB choices, and implementation patterns with code-level discussion.
• Hands-On Workshop (Half-day)
  Build a small semantic FAQ, unify content in a vector index, or connect a PHP front-end to a RAG microservice.

Who Brings James In

• Rehab centers and treatment organizations exploring AI-assisted intake or search.
• Tech teams wanting a pragmatic, shipping-focused perspective on RAG and vector search.
• Agencies and SEO teams preparing for an AI-search-first world.

Style & Approach

• Real systems, not theory: Talks walk through live or real-world architectures (with redactions where needed).
• Honest about trade-offs: Model limits, hallucinations, cost, and operational complexity are addressed directly.
• Recovery-aware: When discussing addiction, the tone stays grounded, respectful, and non-sensational.

To discuss speaking dates or custom workshop topics, visit the Contact page and include details about your event, audience, and technical depth.