Category Archives: AI
AI Reasoning and Planning
Until very recently, it was observed that LLMs had a very hard time with complex problems. Context was lost, memory of previous steps was distorted, and so forth. This led to unreliable results (hallucinations) and, consequently, to a lack of … Continue reading
PEAS for Agent AI
A classic AI framework to define an agent’s task environment is PEAS. It stands for:
The R in RAG
In my previous post we looked at saving to the vector store. In this short post we’ll look at retrieving that information. The simple search is a good starting point and depends on writing a good prompt, but we can … Continue reading
RAG In Detail
In my previous post I walked through a RAG example but glossed over the details. In this post I’ll back up and walk through the program line by line. The key steps in RAG are
RAG – A Quick Example
In the previous blog post, we imported a few Python modules and configured our AI key, using Colab. In this blog post we’ll use Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to extend an LLM that we’ll get from OpenAI. I’ll use a number … Continue reading
Creating Our Python AI Project
As noted in a previous blog post, we’ll be building our project on two platforms: Python and .NET (C#). For Python, we’ll build on Colab. For now, you can use a free account. The first step is to get an … Continue reading
Get on the bus, or get run over by it
On March 28 I’m presenting on Fundamentals of AI to the Boston Code Camp. While I will cover what you need to know about the various aspects of using and creating various AI components, the key message is it is … Continue reading
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HyperVideo Features
In a previous post, I laid out the basic idea of an AI demonstration project I call HyperVideo. In this short post, I’d like to review some of the features I imagine for this project. Some will be implemented in … Continue reading
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CoPilot Gets Us Started
In yesterday’s post I described the project I want to build: HyperVideo. This morning I created a new Blazor application and the first thing I did was to open CoPilot and give it a prompt. Specifically, I asked it to … Continue reading
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An AI Project
As part of my work of rapidly coming up to speed with creating AI applications, I’ve decided to start an ambitious project, and to bring you with me. I call it HyperVideo.
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Learning AI
Very excited to say that I have purchased 3-4 books in preparation for the Azure AI 900 certification from Microsoft. I will be creating another series here, distilling down what I learn, even while we keep the API series going. … Continue reading
Azure Functions & Durable Functions
Creating the Project with CoPilot As part of the API tutorials we decided we needed a Database with two tables: Book and Author. Books will join Author and there can be as many authors as we want. Rather than writing … Continue reading
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