Jeremy Howard: AnswerAI, FastAI, Fine-tuning & AI recruiting | Around the Prompt #1
Mar 27, 2024
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Jeremy Howard, co-founder of FastAI and AnswerAI, discusses creating AnswerAI, the importance of fine-tuning in AI, global hiring for top AI talent, and the future of FastAI. They also talk about building AI communities and the challenges and hopes in AI development for 2024.
AnswerAI aims to democratize AI accessibility for non-coders.
Continuous pre-training is favored over fine-tuning for enhancing AI models.
Deep dives
Answer.ai: A Growth from Fast.ai - Evolution of AI Accessibility
Answer.ai represents a natural progression from Fast.ai, catering to the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence. Initially inspired by the success of Open AI and recognizing the need for a more accessible AI framework, Answer.ai aims to empower individuals without extensive coding backgrounds to leverage AI applications. By developing tools that simplify the AI usage process, Answer.ai continues the mission of democratizing AI accessibility.
Exploring New Frontiers - Challenges beyond Foundation Models
Answer.ai delves into untapped AI potentials beyond foundation models, seeking novel applications where existing models may fall short. By identifying unexplored opportunities post the foundational AI milestones set by organizations like Open AI, Answer.ai aims to innovate in areas such as coding and chatbots, ushering in a wave of transformative AI functionalities.
Remote Collaboration and Innovation - Answer.ai's Team Dynamics
Answer.ai adopts a decentralized team approach to foster innovation and flexibility in a remote work environment. Through assembling dynamic teams of tinkers and researchers remotely, Answer.ai embraces a collaborative model primed for rapid ideation and experimentation. This distributed structure aims to harness global talent and maximize creativity in AI development.
From Fine-tuning to Continuous Pre-training - Enhancing Model Efficacy
Answer.ai advocates for a shift towards continuous pre-training over traditional fine-tuning processes to extract untapped value from AI models. By emphasizing continuous improvement and innovation in pre-training techniques, Answer.ai seeks to elevate the efficacy and adaptability of AI models, paving the way for transformative advancements in AI applications.
Join Logan Kilpatrick and Nolan Fortman as we dive into a conversation with Jeremy Howard on: - Why Jeremy created a new startup AswerAI - Why fine-tuning is still underrated - How attracting the world's best AI talent requires global and remote hiring - What the future for FastAI will look like - Building AI community And so much more. This was an immensely inspiring and thoughtful conversation that Nolan and I are excited to bring to the world. We will be sharing many more of these conversations under the "Around the Prompt" umbrella, stay tuned!
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