Super Prompt: Generative AI
Examining generative AI—not to hype breakthroughs or warn of apocalypse, but to understand how things actually work. Mental models over hot takes. Technology specifics over marketing fog.
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Super Prompt: Generative AI
AI Cheatsheet #3 | How is AI trained?
Using the prompt, "Why isn't Superman's suit Kryptonite-proof?", we learn how Large Language Models are trained, why "self-attention" and the "transformer" architecture (which is what the T in GPT stands for) makes GPT-3 so powerful, the process of "inference", and how chatGPT generates answers to nerdy Superhero questions. After this episode, you'll be able to impress your friends by using the previously-mentioned AI jargon in complete sentences.
In these solo episodes, I provide more definition, explanation, and context than my regular episodes with guests. The goal is to bring up to speed, those new to AI.
Format: Letters read aloud.
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