Conc 01 [Summ] - Are Language Models just Parrots?

This is a brief dialog between Bryan and Brenda that summarizes the core ideas of my article of the same title in my 10-part ‘conc’ series (2024) about Fundamental Concepts in Generative AI.

The whole series, and each article therein, can be found using the links below:

AI Fundamental Concepts

1. Are Language Models just Parrots?

   • What is AI - The improbable story of the probabilistic revolution

2. What is the Meaning of?

   • How AI does meaning, semantic space

3. It’s Meaning Cats and Dogs

   • The innards of AI: Where meaning lives, semantic distance

4. To Geek or not to Geek

   • The idea behind structure, structured data

5. Seek and Thou Shalt Find

   • How AI finds what you want: retrieval-augmented generation

6. Ask and Ye Shall Receive

   • How to get the best out of the AI genie: prompt engineering

7. Of Parrots and Parallel Worlds

   • From next-word prediction to coherent language construction: AI chatbots

8. When AI goes to Work

   • Betwixt creativity and consistency: Enterprise AI challenges, evaluations (evals)

9. Putting it All Together: AI in Action

   • From Generative AI theory to reality using a real-world example

10. The Complete AI Canvas: Our Concept Journey in Review

    • Recapping our journey through the essential concepts of Gen AI

PS: Bryan and Brenda and the content of their dialog are all AI-generated (NotebookLM by Google) all based on my original work.

Be ready for a high dose of meta irony as this is an AI-generated summarization of my explanation of how AI works with the AI voices using ‘we’ to mean humans!

Reading the actual articles themselves is even more fun, I promise.

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