
Episode 268: Democratizing AI or AI for Everyone with Lee Stott
02/15/24 • 43 min
Host(s):
- John Papa @John_Papa
- Ward Bell @WardBell
Guest:
- Lee Stott @lee_stott
Recording date: Jan 25, 2024
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Resources:
- Lee Stott on LinkedIn
- University College of London
- Lee Stott, Honorary Associate Professor in Teaching at UCL
- Democritizing AI
- iPhone’s decade worth of impact
- AI Revolution
- What if AI Could Rebuild the Middle Class
- What is the Rabbit R1 device?
- Rabbit r1 is an AI-powered sidekick that’s like a future version of Siri
- Best practices for deploying language models
- Small Language Models
- Semantic Kernel
- LangChain
- Semantic Kernel Cookbook
- Educator Developer Blog
- Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Student Resources
- Azure AI Studio
- BaseCamp’s “Shape Up” methodology for defining, choosing and “estimating” projects
Timejumps
- 00:43 Introducing Lee Stott
- 03:37 What does Democratizing AI really mean?
- 10:44 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 11:48 When something is truly available to everyone, that's when you've democratized it
- 20:05 Who is the target audience for AI in 2024?
- 27:08 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
- 28:06 What AI tools does Lee Stott think are worth checking out?
- 35:24 Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.
Host(s):
- John Papa @John_Papa
- Ward Bell @WardBell
Guest:
- Lee Stott @lee_stott
Recording date: Jan 25, 2024
Brought to you by
Resources:
- Lee Stott on LinkedIn
- University College of London
- Lee Stott, Honorary Associate Professor in Teaching at UCL
- Democritizing AI
- iPhone’s decade worth of impact
- AI Revolution
- What if AI Could Rebuild the Middle Class
- What is the Rabbit R1 device?
- Rabbit r1 is an AI-powered sidekick that’s like a future version of Siri
- Best practices for deploying language models
- Small Language Models
- Semantic Kernel
- LangChain
- Semantic Kernel Cookbook
- Educator Developer Blog
- Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Student Resources
- Azure AI Studio
- BaseCamp’s “Shape Up” methodology for defining, choosing and “estimating” projects
Timejumps
- 00:43 Introducing Lee Stott
- 03:37 What does Democratizing AI really mean?
- 10:44 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 11:48 When something is truly available to everyone, that's when you've democratized it
- 20:05 Who is the target audience for AI in 2024?
- 27:08 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
- 28:06 What AI tools does Lee Stott think are worth checking out?
- 35:24 Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.
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Episode 267: Business Strategy for Developers
Host(s):
- John Papa @John_Papa
- Ward Bell @WardBell
Recording date: Jan 18, 2024
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Resources:
- Want to go fast go alone. If you want to go far, go together
- Build an IT Succession Plan
- Angular workshops at ngConf 2024
Timejumps
- 00:28 Is business strategy fun? Boring?
- 03:42 Bad things happen when I'm doing something the business doesn't want
- 06:39 How do you shift your own thinking around the business or customer goal?
- 11:44 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 12:51 What would happen if you didn't finish what you're working on?
- 22:24 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
- 23:26 What is your succession plan for your role at the business?
- 28:37 If you want to fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together
- 33:44 Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.
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Episode 269: Taking Your Own Path to Being a Cloud Native Developer
Host(s):
- John Papa @John_Papa
- Ward Bell @WardBell
- Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker
Guest:
- Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza @Twitter
Recording date: Feb 1, 2024
Brought to you by
Resources:
- Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza on YouTube
- Learn to cloud
- Do More with AI and GitHub Copilot, keynote at All Things Open by Gwyneth
- All Things Open conference
- Gwyn’s github
- GitHub Copilot
- Microsoft Developer
- From Zero to Cloud Engineer in 6 months
- Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
- The Phoenix Project book
- Semantic Kernel
- Learning How To Learn, by Barbara Oakley
- The Woobles - crochet kits for beginners
- Express Yourself: “It’s not what you look like when you’re doin’ what your doin’”
Timejumps
- 00:30 Are you a YouTuber?
- 01:51 Introducing Gwyneth Pena-Siguenza
- 07:23 Sponsor: Ag Grid
- 08:28 What was your journey into tech?
- 13:40 How did you feel joining a professional tech jon?
- 19:09 What kind of tech is interesting you?
- 21:43 What are problems you enjoy trying to solve?
- 24:23 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
- 25:22 What are some interesting ways to get a new job in 2024?
- 29:03 What are people stumbling on in cloud engineering?
- 31:08 Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.
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