The Stack Overflow podcast is a weekly conversation about working in software development, learning to code, and the art and culture of computer programming. Hosted by Paul Ford and Ben Popper, the series features questions from our community, interviews with fascinating guests, and hot takes on what’s happening in tech. Founded in 2008, Stack Overflow is empowering the world to develop technology through collective knowledge. It’s best known for being the largest, most trusted online community for developers and technologists. More than 100 million people come to Stack Overflow every month to ask questions, help solve coding problems, and develop new skills.
Are long context windows the end of RAG?
DBRX, an open, general-purpose LLM created by Databricks, reportedly outperforms GPT-3.5 and is competitive with Gemini 1.0 Pro.
Recent research found that large, complex LLMs use a simple mechanism to retrieve stored knowledge in response to a user prompt. These mechanisms can help researchers reveal what the model knows and potentially even correct false information it has stored.
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, whose downfall began in late 2022, was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud.
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Find Cassidy on her website.
Stack Overflow user Bucket received a well-deserved Lifeboat badge for rescuing How to calculate decimal(x, y) max value in SQL Server from an ocean of ignorance.
Chapters (please note that these timestamps may not be exact):
00:00 Introduction and White Paper Discussion
02:01 Long Context Windows and Retrieval Augmented Generation
05:56 Models' Ability to Recall Relevant Information
07:18 Models' Creativity and Thinking Outside the Box
09:41 Advantages and Limitations of Models' Knowledge
15:09 Databricks' Open Language Model
22:25 Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence and the Effects on Crypto/Blockchain
31:28 Closing Remarks and Lifeboat Badge