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Date Published
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Ornella Altunyan
Word count
506
Language
English
Hacker News points
1

Summary

Legendary AI researcher Jim Fan from NVIDIA AI joined a discussion with Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, and Michele Catasta, Replit's ML Advisor, to explore the latest advancements in generative AI, particularly the impact of multi-modality. During the conversation, they discussed NVIDIA's shift from a hardware company to an AI enterprise provider, focusing on NVIDIA AI Foundations for creating custom multimodal language models incorporating images, videos, and 3D data. The discussion also covered the transformative potential of large language models (LLMs) and the democratizing effect of interfaces like ChatGPT, which make AI tools accessible to a broader audience. The group reflected on the advancements in reinforcement learning and self-supervised learning, as well as the growing power of models like GPT-4. Amjad highlighted the importance of AI in coding, referencing GitHub Copilot X and the capabilities of Replit's own AI tool, Ghostwriter, designed to enhance coding efficiency with features like smart code completion and a proactive debugger.