713: Llama 2, Toolformer and BLOOM: Open-Source LLMs with Meta’s Dr. Thomas Scialom

Artificial General Intelligence, RLHF’s application in AI, and how entrepreneurs can enter the AI industry: Meta’s AI Research Scientist Thomas Scialom gives us behind-the-scenes insights into developing Llama 2 and what’s in the works for Llama 3. With host Jon Krohn, he discusses the future of Artificial General Intelligence, why the Galactica science-focused LLM was taken down, and what he learned from it.

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In this episode you will learn:
• Llama 2: Behind the Scenes of Today’s Top Open-Source LLM [05:04]
• Responsible use of Llama 2 [15:26]
• Toolformer: LLM That Learns How to Use External Tools [24:57]
• Galactica: The Science-Specific LLM and Why It Was Brought Down [36:57]
• Is AGI Around the Corner? [57:03]
• Advice for AI entrepreneurs [1:05:46]
• How Thomas develops and manages large-scale AI projects [1:14:42]

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