Wes and Scott discuss recent developments in AI for web developers, including Facebook's Meta AI, Cloudflare AI, and OpenAI's Function calling. They also explore the hype around AI and whether developer jobs are at risk. Additionally, they mention Spotify DJ AI and ChatGPT plugins.
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Cloudflare AI Workers provide prebuilt models and APIs for developers to enhance their applications with speech-to-text translation, sentiment analysis, image classification, and embedding.
OpenAI now offers fine-tuning for GPT-3.5, allowing users to customize the chat model's responses based on specific question and answer data.
Code Spark Academy Kids Coding is an iOS app that uses a video game format to teach kids programming concepts through short and easy challenges.
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Code Spark Academy Kids Coding
Code Spark Academy Kids Coding is an iOS app that helps kids learn programming concepts through a video game format. It offers short and easy challenges that introduce programming concepts, such as writing instructions and using loops. The app engages kids with fun and interactive gameplay, making it an enjoyable way to learn coding.
Peter Santa Documentary YouTube Channel
Peter Santa is a YouTube channel that focuses on producing documentaries about various cultures and communities. The channel explores different areas of the world, such as the Amish community, deep Appalachia, and New York's Hasidic Jews, providing an in-depth understanding of their lifestyles and challenges. The documentaries are unbiased and aim to share people's stories in an open-minded way.
Spotify DJ
Spotify DJ is a feature within Spotify that offers personalized music recommendations based on users' preferences. It allows users to select genres or moods and creates customized playlists or songs based on their choices. The feature helps users discover new music that matches their preferences and offers a seamless listening experience.
OpenAI Fine Tuning for GPT-3.5
OpenAI now offers fine tuning for GPT-3.5, allowing users to train and customize the chat model according to their needs. Fine tuning involves providing specific question and answer data to refine the model's responses. This feature enables greater control and personalization of the AI's outputs.
Cloudflare AI Workers
Cloudflare AI Workers is a set of prebuilt models and APIs that developers can use in Cloudflare workers. These models include speech-to-text translation, sentiment analysis, image classification, and embedding, providing developers with powerful AI capabilities to enhance their applications. The integration with Cloudflare workers offers seamless access to these models and enables their usage in various projects.
Vector DB by Cloudflare
Vector DB by Cloudflare is a vector database that allows storing and querying vectors, which are numerical representations of data used in AI and machine learning. By leveraging this database, developers can efficiently organize and search for vectors based on their similarity or other criteria. Vector DB provides a powerful tool for working with vector data and enables advanced searches and comparisons.
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through recent developments in AI and how they might be useful for developers, whether AI is still worthy of the hype, and whether developer jobs are at risk from AI.