A leading ML educator on what you need to know about LLMs
Machine learning scientist, author, and LLM developer Maxime Labonne talks with Ben and Ryan about his role as lead machine learning scientist, his contributions to the open-source community, the value of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and the process of fine-tuning and unfreezing layers in LLMs. The team talks through various challenges
Read moreA surprising result about surprise index
Surprise index Warren Weaver [1] introduced what he called the surprise index to quantify how surprising an event is. At first it might seem that the probability of an event is enough for this purpose: the lower the probability of an event, the more surprise when it occurs. But Weaver’s
Read moreEstimating an author’s vocabulary
How would you estimate the size of an author’s vocabulary? Suppose you have a analyzed the author’s available works and found n words, x of which are unique. Then you know the author’s vocabulary was at least x, but it’s reasonable to assume that the author may have know words
Read moreChatGPT Plugins for Marketing Success
Learn about ChatGPT plugins and how they help businesses engage, create, manage, and analyze, benefiting efficiency, engagement, and more. Continue reading ChatGPT Plugins for Marketing Success on SitePoint.
Read moreDetecting the language of encrypted text
Imagine you are a code breaker living a century ago. You’ve intercepted a message, and you go through your bag of tricks, starting with the simplest techniques first. Maybe the message has been encrypted using a simple substitution cipher, so you start with that. Simple substitution ciphers can be broken
Read moreMaking collaboration intuitive and meaningful
In the latest Stack Overflow for Teams Enterprise release, you'll see updates that make collaboration more intuitive and meaningful at several different touch points in the user journey, including a reimagined homepage.
Read moreBlow up in finite time
A few years ago I wrote a post about approximating the solution to a differential equation even though the solution did not exist. You can ask a numerical method for a solution at a point past where the solution blows up to infinity, and it will dutifully give you a
Read moreManaging Static Files in Django: A Comprehensive Guide
Learn about static files in Django, how to manage them efficiently, and their purpose in web apps, while setting up a demo project. Continue reading Managing Static Files in Django: A Comprehensive Guide on SitePoint.
Read moreBuilding GenAI features in practice with Intuit Mailchimp
SPONSORED BY INTUIT -- Ryan and Ben chat with Shivang Shah, Chief Architect, and Jon Fasoli, Chief Design & Product Officer, both of Intuit Mailchimp. Where we talked last time about building their generative AI operating system, this time we talk about implementing it and how all the pieces came
Read morePreparing for the job market with CodeSignal Learn
Whether you’re trying to break into tech, prepare for the job search, or level up in your current role, it helps to know that you’re not alone in your journey to build your technical skills. That’s why we’re sharing stories from learners like you: to motivate and inspire others in
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