583: Language Models, AI, and Digital Gardens with Maggie Appleton
Sep 18, 2023
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Maggie Appleton discusses working with language models, vetting AI responses, Soggoth meme, using Discord as UI, boss wanting AI, and calling her blog a digital garden. Topics include language models for data extraction, generative image models in illustration, efficiency, and environmental impact, academic paper sourcing, and digital gardens for content evolution.
Evaluation is crucial for AI model refinement, involving human assessment and feedback ranking.
Efforts to minimize energy consumption in large AI models include refining architecture and using external tools.
AI models prioritize conversational protocols like politeness and selecting appropriate tools for accurate responses.
Deep dives
Importance of Efficient Content Evaluation
Evaluation is a critical aspect of refining AI models, crucial in improving accuracy and effectiveness. It involves human assessment, ranking answers, and fine-tuning models based on this feedback.
Optimizing Energy Efficiency in AI Models
Energy consumption in large AI models poses environmental concerns. Efforts are made to enhance efficiency, including utilizing smaller models, refining architecture, and incorporating external tools to minimize energy use.
Conversation Design for AI Models
AI models are designed to follow conversational protocols, including politeness and avoiding arguments. Reflection modes enable models to choose the best tools for the information requested, leading to accurate responses.
Limitations of Large AI Models
Large AI models face challenges in specific tasks like math calculations, prompting the need for composition techniques to leverage specialized tools where AI may fall short.
Digital Garden Approach in Website Content Management
The digital garden concept emphasizes gradual content growth over time, fostering creativity and eliminating the pressure for perfection in website posts, adopting a metaphorical 'garden' for organic content development.
Maggie Appleton talks with us about her work at Elicit, working with large and small language models, how humans vet the responses from AI, the discussion around the Soggoth meme in AI, using Discord as UI, what to do if your boss wants AI in your app, and why does she call her blog a digital garden?