

Weaviate Podcast
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Join Connor Shorten as he interviews machine learning experts and explores Weaviate use cases from users and customers.
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Mar 28, 2024 • 60min
VetRec with David de Matheu - Weaviate Podcast #92!
Entrepreneur David de Matheu discusses pivoting from Neum AI to VetRec focusing on RAG technology for Veterinarians, ETL space, and technical opportunities. They explore transitioning to new domains, optimizing workflow efficiency, and enhancing veterinary diagnosis with connected systems. The podcast delves into challenges faced by developers, evolution of data work perception, and the value of external solutions in the industry.

Mar 20, 2024 • 1h 3min
Tengyu Ma on Voyage AI - Weaviate Podcast #91!
Tengyu Ma, Co-Founder of Voyage AI and Assistant Professor at Stanford University, discusses embedding model training, contrastive learning theory, fine-tuning models for Langchain documentation, challenges in serving embeddings API, and optimizations for query inference and batch embeddings on the Weaviate Podcast.

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Mar 6, 2024 • 1h 3min
Self-Discover DSPy with Chris Dossman - Weaviate Podcast #90!
Explore the innovative self-discovery feature in DSPy, enhancing problem-solving with reasoning modules, and the importance of human-AI collaboration. Learn about Chris Dossman's Self-Discover implementation in DSPy and his entrepreneurial journey in the AI field. Dive into the evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence and the exciting advancements in AI technology.

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Feb 20, 2024 • 1h 12min
Matryoshka Embeddings with Aditya Kusupati, Zach Nussbaum, and Zain Hasan - Weaviate Podcast #89!
Join the 89th Weaviate Podcast on Matryoshka Embeddings with Aditya Kusupati, Zach Nussbaum, and Zain Hasan. Learn about challenges in training Matryoshka embeddings, experiences building embeddings API, Aditya's research on differentiable ANN indexes, and more!

Feb 14, 2024 • 56min
Instructor with Jason Liu - Weaviate Podcast #88!
Jason Liu, creator of Instructor, a leading LLM framework, discusses the benefits of structured output parsing with language models and the future of function calling. The podcast also explores selecting tools, organizing prompts, using Go library for reranking, and the capabilities of modal API for serverless GPU compute. The importance of fine-tuning embedding models for improved performance is emphasized.

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Feb 6, 2024 • 1h 9min
XMC.dspy with Karel D'Oosterlinck - Weaviate Podcast #87!
Karel D'Oosterlinck, creator of IReRa, discusses Extreme Multi-Label Classification, DSPy compilation, language models for large-scale classification, optimization process in DSPY, parsing techniques, model fine-tuning with bootstrapping examples, designing Infour retrieve rank, and using DS pi syntax for generating diverse outputs.

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Jan 23, 2024 • 55min
Open-Source AI with Vinod Valloppillil and Bob van Luijt - Weaviate Podcast #86!
Vinod Valloppillil and Bob van Luijt discuss open-source AI, the business of AI models, the potential of retrieval augmented generation (RAG) in open-source AI, the future of knowledge bases and weight manipulation, advancements in knowledge graphs and vector databases, and the convenience of AI integration in devices.

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Jan 15, 2024 • 31min
DSPy and ColBERT with Omar Khattab! - Weaviate Podcast #85
Omar Khattab, leading scientist on AI and NLP, discusses the concept of LLM programs and program optimization with DSPy. He explores the components of query writer, retrieve, rerank, and answer, and the potential of DSPy in optimizing prompts. The podcast also delves into exploring language models and DSPY modules, compilers for program synthesis, and the power of ColBERT in contextual awareness and document scoring.

Dec 21, 2023 • 42min
Subjectivity in AI with Dan Shipper: AI-Native Databases #4
Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the fourth and final episode of the AI-Native Database series with Dan Shipper! This was another epic one! Dan has had an absolutely remarkable career creating and selling a company and now co-founding and working as the CEO of Every! Every is an incredibly future-looking business focused on content online, both with an amazing newsletter, community of writers and thinkers, an AI-note taking app, and more! I think Dan brings a very unique perspective to the series, as well as the Weaviate podcast broadly, because of his experience with writers and understanding how writers are going to use these new technologies! We heavily discussed the role of personality or subjectivity in AI, amongst many other topics! I really hope you enjoy the podcast, as always we are more than happy to answer any questions or discuss any ideas you have about the content in the podcast!
Read writings from Dan Shipper on Every: https://every.to/@danshipper
Chapters
0:00 AI-Native Databases
0:58 Welcome Dan Shipper!
1:37 GPT-4 is a Reasoning Engine
8:40 Subjectivity in LLMs
12:14 AI in Note Taking
16:38 The opinions of LLMs
25:50 Cookbooks for you
31:16 Overdrive in LLMs
34:50 Tweaking the voice of AI
40:45 Multi-Agent Personalities

Dec 20, 2023 • 40min
Humans and AI with John Maeda: AI-Native Databases #3
Hey everyone! Thank you so much for watching the 3rd episode of the AI-Native Database series featuring John Maeda and Bob van Luijt! This one dives into how humans perceive AI, from Anthroaormorphization to Doomsday scenario thinking and how important understanding how AI actually work is to the engineering of these systems. Bob and John discuss the evolution of the design in tech report, 3 categories of design, and many others! I hope you enjoy the podcast! As always, we are more than happy to answer any questions or discuss any ideas you have about the content in the podcast!
Links:
Design in Tech Report: https://designintech.report/
3 Kinds of Design: https://qz.com/1585165/john-maeda-on-the-importance-of-computational-design
Microsoft Semantic Kernel: https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel
Chapters
0:00 AI-Native Databases
0:58 Welcome John Maeda!
1:35 Design in Tech Report
4:07 Anthropomorphizing AI
15:30 3 Types of Design
19:30 The ChatGPT Shift
22:58 Explaining Technology
32:54 Impact of AI on the Creative Industries
39:00 Semantic Kernel


