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Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast — Practitioners talking LLMs, CodeGen, Agents, Multimodality, AI UX, GPU Infra and all things Software 3.0

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Jan 19, 2024 • 1h 12min

How to train your own Large Multimodal Model — with Hugo Laurençon & Leo Tronchon of HuggingFace M4

Hugo Laurençon and Leo Tronchon of HuggingFace M4 discuss training large multimodal models, the challenges of working with video data, image resolution in OCR tasks, and the importance of creating deduplication rules for the industry.
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Jan 11, 2024 • 1h 26min

RLHF 201 - with Nathan Lambert of AI2 and Interconnects

The podcast episode features Dr. Nathan Lambert, an expert in robotics and reinforcement learning. Topics include popular AI article topics, the evolution of preference modeling in language models, instruction tuning in RLHF, synthetic data and human labeling preferences, the release of toxicity data, transitioning to release models and AI policy, the comparison of GPT models, and retraining models and evaluation tools.
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Jan 5, 2024 • 1h 4min

The Accidental AI Canvas - with Steve Ruiz of tldraw

In this episode, host interviews Steve Ruiz, founder of tldraw, discussing his transition from fine art to product design. They cover topics like the evolution of tldraw, parallel prompting techniques, OCR text extraction, viral trends, and the potential of AI-assisted virtual systems.
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Dec 30, 2023 • 2h 42min

NeurIPS 2023 Recap — Top Startups

Startups featured in the podcast discuss topics such as AI models, NeurIPS conference, reverse engineering, training models, synthetic data generation, Perplexity's success, hard work and tenacity, building communities in AI, networking at conferences, large Arabic language models, Vauxhall's toolkit for AI engineers, and collaborations with Google Cloud.
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Dec 23, 2023 • 3h 20min

NeurIPS 2023 Recap — Best Papers

Hosts recap the NeurIPS 2023 conference, discussing best papers and influential topics such as direct preference optimization for language models, scaling data constraint language models, developing a visual intelligent assistant, understanding bunny boxes with GPT4, and using Tool Former to improve language models. They also explore using GPT-4 to play Minecraft, evaluating cognitive capacities through diverse tasks, analyzing language models' performance in planning tasks, and the impact of foundation models on AI systems.
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Dec 20, 2023 • 59min

The AI-First Graphics Editor - with Suhail Doshi of Playground AI

Suhail Doshi, Co-founder of Playground AI, discusses their image editor reimagined with AI in mind, featuring real-time preview rendering, style filtering, and prompt tuning. The podcast also explores topics like networking and AI in web browsers, AI artists and model evaluation, graphics tools for art generation, challenges in scaling and model optimization, modalities in AI, and the value of hands-on learning in AI projects.
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Dec 14, 2023 • 1h 20min

The "Normsky" architecture for AI coding agents — with Beyang Liu + Steve Yegge of SourceGraph

Beyang Liu and Steve Yegge from SourceGraph discuss code indexing, retrieval interfaces, and their SOTA 30% completion acceptance rate in Cody. They talk about the history of code search, RAG, fine tuning, data privacy, DSLs and LLMs, and the challenges and potential of AI coding agents.
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Dec 8, 2023 • 1h 4min

The Busy Person's Intro to Finetuning & Open Source AI - Wing Lian, Axolotl

Wing Lian, AI expert, talks about fine-tuning in open source AI models and its purposes. They discuss evaluating different AI models and the challenges of larger models. The concept of fine-tuning before or after RLHF models is explored. Importance of rules, documentation, and optimizing training data is emphasized. Axolotl's roadmap and vision for becoming a developer-first platform are discussed.
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Nov 29, 2023 • 52min

Notebooks = Chat++ and RAG = RecSys! — with Bryan Bischof of Hex Magic

Bryan Bischof, data science and AI expert, talks about the advantages of notebooks as AI interfaces, Hex Magic's 'Chat++'. They discuss the challenges and evolution of AI capabilities, the concept of AI UX, the applications of RAG in text and tabular data, and the value of reading technical books. They also touch on their passion for walking, reflections on LLMs, and the importance of integrating AI tools into everyday life.
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Nov 17, 2023 • 53min

The State of Silicon and the GPU Poors - with Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis

Dylan Patel, a technology analyst, joins the podcast to discuss the state of the GPU market and the concept of 'GPU poor' vs 'GPU rich'. They delve into the GPU shortage and future forecasts for NVIDIA and AMD. The episode also explores the importance of efficient infrastructure for tech giants, metrics in machine learning training, Noam Chizir's work, AI hardware startups, Apple's capabilities, and innovations in AI.

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