Yeah, I've done a little bit of deep learning in the past (took a Fast AI course a few years ago) and I still find that the DSPy documentation that compares how to use it to deep learning doesn't help me that much
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Using DSPy Without Building Evaluations: A Learning Curve Challenge
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Can you use DSPy without building evals? Because building evals is an enormous learning curve for most people (myself included)
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Using Large Language Models: A Practical Series Guide
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I have a series of posts about how I use them myself that might be useful https://
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Programmers vs Mathematicians: Variable Naming Philosophy
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Greatest Misconception: LLMs Complexity and Usability
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That's my general view on all of this stuff now: the greatest misconception in LLMs is that the resulting tools are easy to use and to figure out
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Copilot Training and Documentation Effectiveness in Organizations
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Did your company spend any time teaching people how to use it effectively? (If they did I'd love to hear details – training and documentation on Copilot is incredibly rare in my experience – which is bad because the tool is very unintuitive to use well)
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AI as Learning Tool, Not Job Shortcut for Programming
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Yeah, anyone who's telling people they can get a job low without actually learning to program is doing nobody any favors It's a learning accelerant tool, not a replacement for learning
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AI Tools Boost Developer Performance Despite Beginner Learning Concerns
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I'm seeing the opposite: high performing developers who I respect adding these tools to their workflow and gaining performance as a result What have you learned that makes you think they are bad for beginners?
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AI Makes Programming Learning Curve Less Steep and Accessible
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I've seen many people give up on learning to program entirely because that struggle is so miserable – I'm excited that we have a learning curve that's less of an impenetrable cliff now
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ChatGPT State Leaking: File Upload Security Vulnerability Across Sessions
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Yeah, state leaking is definitely starting to show up with some of these tools A nasty one is that files you upload to ChatGPT are available across multiple sessions where you might expect a blank slate, and I think that exposes them to conversations with GPTs too (unless fixed)