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May 2023
56m 56s

Episode 148 - AI Voodoo With Vodo Drive

Mark and Allen
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SO MUCH packed into this episode!

Recently, Allen participated in a hackathon sponsored by VoiceFlow, and he used the opportunity to explore ways that LLMs could be used to build on his work talking with spreadsheets in Vodo Drive (see episode 116). He and Mark explore how he did it - from the prompts that were required to integration with VoiceFlow and Google App Script, to how tools like LangChain will help build similar things. We also explore what lessons are learned, how our experience in #VoiceFirst design helps us build good #ConversationalAI tools, how other APIs can (and should!) work alongside AI, and what "fuzzy" roles AI can fill in the modern app experience.


Resources:

* Vodo Drive: https://vodo-drive.com/

* PromptHacks Hackathon: https://prompthacks.devpost.com/

* Vodo AI submission for PromptHacks: https://devpost.com/software/vodo-ai

* VoiceFlow: https://www.voiceflow.com/

* Google Apps Script: https://www.google.com/script/start/

* LangChain: https://github.com/hwchase17/langchain and https://github.com/hwchase17/langchainjs


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