Get ready for an eye-opening episode! 🎙️
In our latest podcast episode, we dive deep into the world of LoRa (Low-Rank Adaptation) for large language models (LLMs). This groundbreaking technique is revolutionizing the way we approach language model training by leveraging low-rank approximations.
Join us as we unravel the mysteries of LoRa and discover how it ... Show More
Oct 26
I wrote a chess engine and still can't play chess: AI coding and skill decay (Ep. 317)
I wrote a chess engine that beats real players. I still can't play chess. Developers who hand their coding to AI are heading the same way: they can build the machine but can't play the game. We go through the evidence (Anthropic, METR, Microsoft/CMU), the best counterarguments, a ... Show More
34m 48s
Oct 20
"Rust Is Amazing, as Long as Nobody Looks at It" - Fact-Checking DHH (Ep. 316)
DHH told Rails World that hand-written code is over, that HEY's backend is being AI-rewritten in Rust ("amazing, as long as you never look at it"), and that developer happiness no longer matters. This episode checks his statements. Struggling with AI and Software? Here is my new ... Show More
22m 56s
Oct 13
AI coding agents have a Mythical Man-Month problem (Ep. 315)
Fifty years ago Fred Brooks showed why adding more people to a late project makes it later. Today we do the same thing with tokens — more context, more autonomy, same myth, different currency. Struggling with AI and Software? Here is my new book available for purchase on https:// ... Show More
17m 29s
Feb 2025
#706: Automate LLM fine-tuning and selection with Amazon SageMaker Pipelines
This week on the Official AWS Podcast, dive into the rapidly evolving world of Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps)! Join the experts as our host Shruti interviews Piyush Kadam, Sr. Product Manager, and Lauren Mullennex, Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS to explore how Amazon Sa ... Show More
30m 51s
Dec 2023
706: AI and ML - The Pieces Explained
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about understanding the integration of different components in AI models, the choice between traditional models and Language Learning Models (LLM), the relevance of the Hugging Face library, demystify Llama, discuss spaces in AI, and ... Show More
33m 1s
Jun 2024
Rise of the AI PC & local LLMs
We’ve seen a rise in interest recently and a number of major announcements related to local LLMs and AI PCs. NVIDIA, Apple, and Intel are getting into this along with models like the Phi family from Microsoft. In this episode, we dig into local AI tooling, frameworks, and optimiz ... Show More
35m 35s
Apr 2024
Episode 191 - Beyond the Hype: Exploring BERT
<p>This episode of Two Voice Devs takes a closer look at BERT, a powerful language model with applications beyond the typical hype surrounding large language models (LLMs). We delve into the specifics of BERT, its strengths in understanding and classifying text, and how developer ... Show More
40m 15s