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May 2023
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Building with Large Language Models, cha...

Louis-François Bouchard
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Everything you need to know about GPT, large language models and OpenAI with Logan Kilpatrick, Developer Advocate at OpenAI!


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Chapters:

0:00 Leave a like if you enjoy the episode! Let me know who you'd like me to receive.

00:43 Who are you and what’s your background?

02:40 How long have you been doing your PHD?

04:29 What are your thoughts on the value of a PHD

06:10 What do you think is the ideal path for someone who would like to work in the AI field?

07:10 Would you say graduate studies are required to succeed in the AI field?

08:36 How did you get into OpenAI without a PHD?

11:03 Can you explain how it is to apply in OpenAI and the interview process?

12:58 Did they expect you to know what they offer and how their products work?

14:50 Can you explain what you're doing on Twitter?

16:41 Can you explain the difference between ChatGPT and GPT4?

17:16 What is GPT?

17:38 What is a token?

18:09 Can you explain what alignment is?

18:46 What is RLHF?

19:23 What is a prompt and a prompt engineer?

20:18 What is a modality and a multi-modal model?

20:49 What is model hallucination?

21:37 What is a GPT agent?

22:20 Are you excited about agents or do you think it's overrated?

23:43 What is an AGI?

24:47 Do you have tips about how to make the model be more human when writing?

27:02 How many examples of your style should GPT see to imitate you?

28:00 Do you have any tips to help avoid hallucination or plagiarism in the content?

31:46 Could you describe what is a developer advocate and what you do in your day to day life?

35:27 How are you helping developers who are using OpenAI's products?

39:19 Could you give an insight on what it's like to work at OpenAI?

43:47 Are there any steps that you are taking to ensure that the technology is being used in a responsible way?

47:45 What is the most interesting product that you've seen using OpenAI's products?

56:28 Are there any products that you've seen using GPT that help you personally for productivity?

58:17 Do you have any tips on better using ChatGPT for coding?

59:40 Are there any upcoming interesting features or products that aren't released yet

01:01:15 Are there any common recurring mistakes that you help developers with?

01:05:44 What would be your tips to get started implementing something from OpenAI when having no programming skills?

01:07:35 If programming wouldn't be required are there any other skills that would be?

01:08:08 What are the different GPT models and which should be used when?

01:10:06 When would you use the different GPT models available?

01:12:28 Is there anything you wish AI could do but can't do yet?

01:13:45 What is the biggest challenge the AI industry is facing right now?

01:14:41 How do you see AI evolving for the next 5 years?

01:17:40 What else are you working on?

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