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Multi Modal RAG – LlamaIndex Diagram
Image Credit: LlamaIndex Multi modal RAG is going to seem so intuitive and normal soon. Think about how we teach little kids animal sounds by pointing to pictures. Using a bird call on your phone to find images and text to learn what it eats. Contributing to scientific databases with photos where all the location…
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Same as Ever
Morgan Housel is a genius This book is addictive and astonishing. I am going to go back and relisten to it multiple times, pull out the quotes and think of case illustrations from my own experience. Thanks Frank Corrigan for the excellent suggestion! https://collabfund.com/blog/
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Book Recommendations
Thanksgiving 2024 review of my Audible Account I am looking forward to some time to read (listen) and write during the week of Thanksgiving. A few weeks ago I looked through my library and found a group I would recommend and for which I’d enjoy writing some reflections. I started with Nudge and Automate This…
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How would you rewrite the serenity prayer?
I think the current version, with or without reference to God, is a great life strategy, it’s just really hard. Changing our own beliefs and accepting that others hold different and potentially immutable beliefs is the challenge of the serenity prayer. Morgan Housel‘s blog at the Collab Fund has some brilliant quotes and thinking on…
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Data & AI Strategy Certification
Vin Vashishta’s course Some key takeaways were:– You can’t skip building a digital foundation and capturing first party workflow data if you want to be successful in leveraging AI– Think Big, Start Small & Scale Fast — data projects need to provide a near term ROI and build incrementally toward larger strategic goals– Don’t confuse…
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Red Capes | White Knights | Ice Cream 🍨
The ‘Red Cape Syndrome’ is a behavioral pattern (self imposed trap) I’ve advised pricing clients to to avoid, and simultaneously fallen victim to as a parent. Children often play their parents against each other to get what they want. “Dad can I have ice cream for breakfast?” The inconsistency in the outcome (sometimes getting what…
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Your organization is data driven, you say?
~2014 I presented “Data Driven Decision-Making and the Art of Storytelling” at a Professional Pricing Society conference. I was making a case for why Pricing Analysts needed to advance their skill of persuasion, not simply by generating reporting and then expecting “the numbers to speak for themselves”. I was at a point in my career…
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Polysemous – polysemantic ambiguity
Hard for humans and LLMs – The Rise of SLMs Some words can have lots of meanings. Playing with language and appreciation of its complexity is the basis for plays and song lyrics and grandmas puns. Playing with double entendre at work could have serious consequences. Is a Tender the same as a Contract? How…
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5 Rules for Successful Management
Rules for successful management1) Blame the messenger and kill Cassandra2) Make a 5 year plan and quit after 33) Only take ownership of systems before the warranty wears off4) Make sure your key support people feel their contributions are low value and interchangeable so they don’t feel empowered to find higher paid work elsewhere. I…
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