However interesting and seemingly useful ChatGPT (or GPT-APIs) may be, LLMs will provide truly magical business and personal advantages when – AND ONLY WHEN – they are layered with data that matters to you.
I’ve written about AI in Coda for a while now beginning with early access to GPT. This lengthy post about building finely-tuned GPT models comes to mind. It focuses on fine-tuning but embeddings represent important pathways to layering your domain knowledge over LLMs.
Marc Randolph recently made a similar assertion with the added narrative by Steve Jobs. Despite the 1980’s equipment in the background of the video, the words are quite relevant. Steve is shouting from the past -
If you want to outdistance your competitors - Build the Bicycle!