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Generative AI for Beginners

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Re: Generative AI for Beginners

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Post by nullptr_deref »

I am just curious. Please explain it to me.

1. Who are beginners? All of these concepts are so apparent to most of the grad students/those following this scene extremely closely, yet they can't find a job related to it. So does it make them beginners?

2. These are such a generic use cases that don't define anything. It is literally software engineering wrapped around an API. What benefit does the "beginner" get?

3. So are these biased to some exceptionally talented people who want to reboot their career as "GenAI" X (X = engineer/researcher/scientist)

4. If there are only open positions in "generative AI" that requires PhD, why are there materials such as this? Who is it targeted to and why do they exist?

5. Most of the wrapper applications have short life-span. Does it even make sense to go through this?

6. What does it mean for someone who is entrenched into the field? How are they going to differentiate from these "beginners"?

7. What is the point to all of this when it is becoming irrelevant in next 2 years?

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nullptr_deref wrote: post #12

I am just curious. Please explain it to me. 1. Who are beginners? All of these concepts are so apparent to most of the grad students/those following this scene extremely closely, yet they can't find a job related to it. So does it make them beginners? 2. These are such a generic use cases that don't define anything. It is literally software engineering wrapped around an API. What benefit does the "beginner" get? 3. S…

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Post by bob1029 »

kristiandupont wrote: post #2

I wrote this blog post [link redacted] which seems to be a more brief introduction to some of these concepts. I guess the assistant API has changed the landscape but even that must be using some of these techniques under the hood, so I think it's still fascinating to study.

I used the assistant API for about 2 weeks before I realized I could do a better job with the raw completion API. For me, the Assistant API now feels like training wheels.

The manner in which long threads are managed over time will be domain-specific if we are seeking an ideal agent. I've got methods that can selectively omit data that is less relevant in our specific case. I doubt that OAI's solution can be this precise at scale.

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Post by layer8 »

nullptr_deref wrote: post #12

I am just curious. Please explain it to me. 1. Who are beginners? All of these concepts are so apparent to most of the grad students/those following this scene extremely closely, yet they can't find a job related to it. So does it make them beginners? 2. These are such a generic use cases that don't define anything. It is literally software engineering wrapped around an API. What benefit does the "beginner" get? 3. S…

The point is to hook people who want to “do AI” into Microsoft’s cloud API ecosystem.

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Post by dr_kiszonka »

nullptr_deref wrote: post #12

I am just curious. Please explain it to me. 1. Who are beginners? All of these concepts are so apparent to most of the grad students/those following this scene extremely closely, yet they can't find a job related to it. So does it make them beginners? 2. These are such a generic use cases that don't define anything. It is literally software engineering wrapped around an API. What benefit does the "beginner" get? 3. S…

It seems to me that this course introduces Python devs to building gen text applications using Open AI's models on Azure. And I don't mind it - some folks will find it useful.

Re: Generative AI for Beginners

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Post by toddmorey »

nullptr_deref wrote: post #12

I am just curious. Please explain it to me. 1. Who are beginners? All of these concepts are so apparent to most of the grad students/those following this scene extremely closely, yet they can't find a job related to it. So does it make them beginners? 2. These are such a generic use cases that don't define anything. It is literally software engineering wrapped around an API. What benefit does the "beginner" get? 3. S…

I don't think this course is for machine learning grad students, I think Microsoft is trying to create materials for someone interested in using ML/AI as part of developing an application or service.

I've only skimmed the course here, but I do think there's a need for other developers to understand AI tooling, just as there became a need for developers to understand cloud services.

I support those building with any technology taking the time to understand the current landscape of options and develop a high mental model around how it all works. I'll never build my own database engine, but I feel my learnings about how databases work under the hood have been worth the investment.

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