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Building AI

Understand what it takes to create AI systems and product capabilities people can depend on.

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Building AI

What training a model actually looks like

The other half of my working life looks nothing like building with AI. Runs that last weeks, hardware failing while you use it, and a feedback loop measured in days. What the work actually consists of, and who can afford it.

By Kingsley Ijomah

Building AI

When fine-tuning is actually the answer

Somebody senior asks whether you should train your own model. The answer is usually no. What fine-tuning actually does, why knowledge is the wrong thing to teach it, and the five cases where it genuinely is the right call.

By Kingsley Ijomah

Building AI

You do not need the maths

Someone decides to build with AI, is told to start with the fundamentals, and loses four months to linear algebra. I have the maths and use it in half my working life. What you actually need at each layer, and what you do not.

By Kingsley Ijomah