Zan Markan
You are not an AI developer
#1about 4 minutes
How science fiction movies explain modern AI concepts
Science fiction films like Blade Runner and The Terminator offer analogies for understanding AI behaviors such as hallucinations and prompt engineering.
#2about 5 minutes
Comparing deterministic and non-deterministic software development
While code itself is deterministic with version control and infrastructure as code, the overall software process involves non-deterministic elements like user behavior and cloud reliability.
#3about 3 minutes
The complex process of building and training AI models
AI models are programs written by computers that infer rules from data, but their development is a complex, experimental process often left to specialized researchers.
#4about 6 minutes
Why you shouldn't build your own AI model from scratch
Building a large language model from the ground up is a resource-intensive and unnecessary distraction, similar to building your own compiler just to write a blog post.
#5about 4 minutes
Leveraging AI as a new user experience paradigm
AI and LLMs represent a new computing paradigm, much like the smartphone, that enables novel user experiences by providing a conversational interface to existing tools and services.
#6about 2 minutes
Applying software engineering skills to AI integration
Software developers should focus on integrating existing AI tools and applying their expertise in testing, deployment, and maintainability to build robust AI-powered applications.
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