Jul 10Member-onlyA first taste of Code InterpreterDoes it live up to the hype? Last week OpenAI announced that Code Interpreter, a code generation and data analysis plugin that incorporates a limited Python environment and supports uploads and downloads of data, would be made more widely available. …Code Interpreter6 min readCode Interpreter6 min read
Jun 17Member-onlyUnlocking Pandas with Generative AICombining LangChain with Vertex AI Generative AI to ask plain English questions about a Pandas dataframes When you want to examine tabular datasets in Python, the Pandas library is the natural tool to use. However, if you’re like me, and you’re not using Pandas on a daily basis, you need…Vertex AI4 min readVertex AI4 min read
Jun 11Member-onlyHello World for Vertex AI Generative AI with LangChainFirst taste of using Vertex AI Generative AI with LangChain I don’ t think I’m alone in feeling like the world of large language models (LLMs) is hard to keep up with these days. Every week there are new announcements and new potential directions. With so many LLM / generative…Generative Ai Use Cases4 min readGenerative Ai Use Cases4 min read
Published inThe Modern Scientist·Apr 7Member-onlyTraining models in Vertex AI containersTips on training custom models in pre-built Vertex AI containers — The Vertex AI environment in Google Cloud includes a very comprehensive set of features. I recently explored training a custom Keras model in a pre-built container in Vertex AI. This article summarizes some key points that I learned from this experience. Game plan I had trained a Keras model in Colab on…Vertex AI5 min readVertex AI5 min read
Mar 20Member-onlyDeploy Keras models with Vertex AIUsing a Vertex AI endpoint to augment a simple web deploy deployment Earlier this year I shared a story about deploying a Keras model using preprocessing layers in a simple, Flask-based web application. In this article I will show how to adapt that solution to replace the local invocation of…Keras6 min readKeras6 min read
Mar 16Member-onlyOn the Tube with GPT-4Going back underground with OpenAI’s latest model Back in 2020 I wrote an article about navigating the London Underground using GPT-3. Back then all kinds of people were getting GPT-3 to solve all kinds of problems, but nobody seemed to be testing it on spatial problems. I decided to see…Gpt 45 min readGpt 45 min read
Published inThe Modern Scientist·Mar 12Member-onlyA better way to deploy Keras modelsStreamlined web deployments of Keras models with preprocessing layers — Three years ago I published a story about deploying a Keras model using Flask. In that story I described how to set up a Flask server and a simple set of HTML pages to create a web deployment for a Keras model trained on a tabular dataset. This approach worked…Keras4 min readKeras4 min read
Feb 27Member-onlyRainhill Trials for AIThe ARC challenge and the future of AI Nobody can predict the future reliably, but history can sometimes give us an idea of how things will unfold. Today we may be on the cusp of an AI revolution, or we could be in for several more years of debate, disappointed…AI4 min readAI4 min read
Dec 18, 2022Member-onlyTranslating COBOL to JavaScript using ChatGPTCan ChatGPT find new life for punch card era code? Back in 2021 I wrote an article about using OpenAI’s Codex to translate COBOL code to JavaScript. Codex did a decent job translating simple COBOL programs. Now that ChatGPT is available, I wanted to see whether it was able to…Cobol4 min readCobol4 min read
Dec 17, 2022Member-onlyGoogle Professional Machine Learning Engineer CertificationLessons I learned getting this certification — In early 2022 I wrote the Google Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) exam. I found the process of preparing for this exam extremely helpful. I learned about the key components of Google Cloud and got hands-on experience working with these components to solve problems. Just about every day in my job…Google Cloud5 min readGoogle Cloud5 min read
