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Re: Show HN: Factual AI Q&A – Answers based on Huberman Lab transcripts

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This is a really amazing application of GPT. Did you fine tune a gpt3 model? If so, how did you implement its ability to say “I don’t know?”

It's not fine tuned. You literally just add something like "if the answer to the question isn't in the context, say 'I don't know'" It's wild.

How did you do that?

Re: Show HN: Factual AI Q&A – Answers based on Huberman Lab transcripts

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I did the same for the FDA drug label database and 100% believe that this the future for search. Semantic search layer for context then the large language layer for human answers.

Tip - you don’t actually need GPT-3 level embedding for a decent semantic search. Sentence transformers paired with one of their models is good enough.

I like this: https://huggingface.co/sentence-transformers/multi-qa-MiniLM... - since it’s very light.

Also, perhaps I am an idiot but I just used Postgres array field to store my embeddings array to keep things simple and free.

Re: Show HN: Factual AI Q&A – Answers based on Huberman Lab transcripts

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> What are the parts of the brain that become de-synchronized in the ADHD brain? >> The default mode network and the task networks become de-synchronized in the ADHD brain. > What are the three parts of the brain that become de-synchronized in the ADHD brain? >> The default mode network, the task networks, and the dopamine circuits. From https://youtu.be/hFL6qRIJZ_Y?t=1714 : > An area called the dorsolateral prefront…

It uses Whisper for transcripts, which I believe are better than the YouTube generated ones. My guess is that there are more relevant results from the semantic search than I'm including in the context (to reduce costs) and that exact snippet isn't being given to the answering model as context.

As I wrote here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34035123, I also wrote a tool to access them. I'm pretty sure there are English transcripts which are manually generated, not just the YouTube generated ones. I've always found them to be high quality, enough to make a book out of.

Re: Show HN: Factual AI Q&A – Answers based on Huberman Lab transcripts

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This is an amazing piece of work and as others have said, the site and the UI are perfect.

On a side note, Huberman Labs bothers me. I was an avid listener to the early episodes. As I have ADHD, some of his explanations of the brain chemistry involved in attention and motivation were fascinating. But in one of the early-ish episodes he said some completely ridiculous about acupuncture (that it worked) that makes me think he has no real critical thinking skills.

I hope anyone out there listening to him and thinking about applying any of the approaches he talks about just takes the time to see whether any other sources say they have real-world effects.

To the credit of the author, this tool highlights the exact thing I'm talking about. Try searching for...

"How does acupuncture work?"

"Acupuncture involves taking needles and sometimes electricity and or heat as well and stimulating particular locations on the body. Through these maps of stimulation that have been developed over thousands of years, mostly in Asia, acupuncture can reduce inflammation in the body by stimulating the body in particular ways at particular sites on the body, liberating certain cells and molecules that enhance the function of the immune system and potentially can be used to combat different types of infection."

Re: Show HN: Factual AI Q&A – Answers based on Huberman Lab transcripts

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This is an amazing piece of work and as others have said, the site and the UI are perfect. On a side note, Huberman Labs bothers me. I was an avid listener to the early episodes. As I have ADHD, some of his explanations of the brain chemistry involved in attention and motivation were fascinating. But in one of the early-ish episodes he said some completely ridiculous about acupuncture (that it worked) that makes me t…

+1 to this. Huberman has the bad habit of constructing grand narratives that match his beliefs about health and reality, and packaging them as podcast episodes based on science. The only problem is that "based on science" might mean a single low-powered study, which Huberman cites and over-generalizes as if it was rock-solid fact. See this[0] discussion on Huberman's subreddit for more context.

Another example is his episode with Matthew Walker[1] (author of Why We Sleep), and his other episodes where he gives sleep advice citing Walker as an authority. The problem is that Walker's work is not good[2][3] (riddled with errors at best, fraudulent at worst).

To be clear: I'm sure a lot (if not the majority) of what Huberman says is correct, or at least matches our current scientific understanding. The problem is that some things are incorrect, and the layman has no way of knowing which is which (especially since all the content is presented with the same high-certainty "science-based tools" tone)

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/andrewhuberman/comments/smnnb0/crit...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQFSMayJxk

[2] https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21546850

Re: Show HN: Factual AI Q&A – Answers based on Huberman Lab transcripts

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post #25

This is an amazing piece of work and as others have said, the site and the UI are perfect. On a side note, Huberman Labs bothers me. I was an avid listener to the early episodes. As I have ADHD, some of his explanations of the brain chemistry involved in attention and motivation were fascinating. But in one of the early-ish episodes he said some completely ridiculous about acupuncture (that it worked) that makes me t…

Do you claim that acupuncture, a practice with significant use for thousands of years and supporting scientific studies, is invalid because it goes counter to your belief? [1][2]

Prof Huberman is an expert and he reads up on relevant studies before talking about something. Even though he may occasionally make mistakes (who doesn't?), your evidence to the contrary, if any, should be at least as strong as his.

Moreover, accusing that an accomplished scientist lacks critical thinking skills should require substantial evidence.

[1] https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/acupuncture-what-you-need-t...

[2] https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-preventi...

and there are many other links one can easily find.

Re: Show HN: Factual AI Q&A – Answers based on Huberman Lab transcripts

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not fine tuned. You literally just add something like "if the answer to the question isn't in the context, say 'I don't know'" It's wild.

How did you do that?

He just told you? The prompt is a combination of the top 5 search results, the phrase to say it doesn't know if it does not have context, and the question the user is actually asking. That is sent to OpenAI and the response is shown along with the search results as the references.
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