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Personal AI with Ken Collins

Nov 15, 2024

Ken Collins, an AWS Serverless Hero and AI application builder, shares his insights on the evolving landscape of personal AI. He discusses creating AI assistants that can revolutionize daily workflows, notably through tools like Notion. The conversation dives into the challenges of AI hallucinations and the concept of 'temperature' affecting AI responses. Ken also explores the future of autonomous AI agents and the potential for tailored models to assist in personal project management, making AI a true companion in our lives.

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Quick takeaways

Ken Collins emphasizes the transformative role of AI tools in automating repetitive tasks, enhancing daily productivity for developers and knowledge workers.

Notion's AI features illustrate the evolution of knowledge management, enabling users to effortlessly retrieve and index information without extensive searching.

The podcast explores the future of personal AI, highlighting the potential for integrated systems that streamline user interactions across various applications and tasks.

Deep dives

AI Tools as Personal Assistants

The podcast discusses the increasing relevance of AI tools for developers and knowledge workers, positioning them as essential personal assistants. Ken Collins shares his journey of integrating AI into daily tasks, emphasizing tools that can automate repetitive writing and coding tasks. He highlights the benefit of utilizing an AI as a 'persistent co-pilot' that assists with brainstorming and problem-solving, particularly through verbal interaction rather than mere text commands. This approach facilitates a more collaborative dynamic, allowing users to articulate thoughts and receive constructive guidance from AI.

Intro

2min

Leveraging AI for Personal Productivity

26min

Navigating AI Response Temperature and Hallucinations

5min

Autonomous AI Agents: The Future of Personal Assistance

18min

Exploring Low-Rank Adaptation and AI in Automation

2min

Harnessing AI: Features, Tools, and Future Implications

5min

Bret and Nirmal Mehta are joined by Ken Collins to dig into using AI for more than coding, and if we can build an AI assistant that knows us.
They touch on a lot of tools and platforms. "We're bit all over the place on this one, from talking about AI features in our favorite note taking apps like Notion, to my journey of making an open AI assistant with all of my Q&A from my courses, thousands of questions and answers, to coding agents and more."

Ken is a local friend in Virginia Beach and was on the show last year talking about AWS Lambda, and we've both been trying to find value in all of these AI tools for our day to day work.

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★Topics★
The Lifestyle Copilot Blog Post
Serverless AI Inference with Gemma 2 Blog Post

Creators & Guests

Cristi Cotovan - Editor
Beth Fisher - Producer
Bret Fisher - Host
Ken Collins - Guest
Nirmal Mehta - Host

(00:00) - Intro
(01:26) - AI in Recruitment at Torc
(03:25) - AI for Day to Day Workflows
(04:44) - Notion AI and RAG
(07:20) - Creating Your Own AI Search Solution
(13:59) - Choosing the Right LLM for the Job
(20:55) - Personal AI and Long Context Windows
(25:10) - Future of Personal Fine-Tuned Models
(25:52) - AI Assistants in Meetings
(27:34) - Temperature and AI Hallucinations
(32:07) - Agents and Tool Integration
(39:31) - Apple Intelligence and Personal AI
(44:56) - AI Apps on Mobile
(50:00) - LoRA

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