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Engineering Culture by InfoQ

Development Using Data Lakes and Large Language Models

Oct 20, 2023
Davit Buniatyan, CEO and founder of Activeloop, discusses topics such as efficient training of large language models, the evolution of deep learning, limitations of large language models, and the future of AI in software development.
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Quick takeaways

  • Developing with large language models can help understand how the brain works and reconstruct the connectivity of neurons.
  • Specialized storage solutions for deep learning and AI, like data lakes, optimize data transfer, GPU utilization, and reduce costs.

Deep dives

Large language models for neuroscience research

The podcast episode features David Banyatian, CEO and founder of Active Look, who discusses his background in neuroscience and computer science. He explains the importance of large language models and their applications in understanding how the brain works. David shares his experience of using deep learning and computer vision to reconstruct the connectivity of neurons inside a mouse brain, highlighting the challenges of cost and data processing. This prompted him to develop more efficient methods for machine learning operations, leading to the creation of DeepLake, a data lake specifically designed for deep learning applications.

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