On October 23rd we did our second Artificial Intelligence (AI) class at Castlemakers, focusing more on the uses of AI. In June we did a class on creating your own AI LLM on your own computer (which not only is a great way to learn about the technology but also addresses privacy concerns), but realized there was also interest in how it can be used.

One of the key points in the class, regardless of of the AI product you use (and we showed several), is phrasing the question. Putting together a scenario and asking the AI engine to report or behaving within context of the person or situation makes a real difference in the results. Ian, who utilizes AI and develops software, also demonstrated a system he made where you could input PDF or other documents that created a video podcast summary with 2 AI avatars discussing the results. It was kind of like Google’s Notebook LM on steroids.

If there’s interest in the future, we could put together another class on the subject, although the field is moving so rapidly we’d have new topics to cover. Next time we could perhaps even have AI teach the class!