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    Why the Best AI Builders Ship Before They're Ready (ft Adam Cohen Hillel)
    Lesson 29

    Why the Best AI Builders Ship Before They're Ready (ft Adam Cohen Hillel)

    Adam Cohen Hill's "Toolies" interview details his challenging yet rewarding journey in AI and hardware development, emphasizing the crucial role of user feedback in iterative product improvement. He highlights the difficulties of bringing hardware to market, particularly conquering the final stages of a project, while advocating for building impactful tools within a supportive community.

    39mMar 4, 2025
    Free
    Never Open Your Inbox Again (ft Sarah Allali)
    Lesson 28

    Never Open Your Inbox Again (ft Sarah Allali)

    Agentic AI, exemplified by Brachi, automates email processing and other tasks, moving beyond simpler AI features to offer improved workflow efficiency. This lesson demonstrates Brachi's user-friendly interface and capabilities, comparing it to existing solutions and highlighting its potential to revolutionize productivity.

    38mFeb 25, 2025
    Free
    Will AI Agents Be Your Automation Breakthrough? (ft NLW)
    Lesson 27

    Will AI Agents Be Your Automation Breakthrough? (ft NLW)

    AI is rapidly automating tasks, empowering individuals to become entrepreneurs and managers by handling complex workflows, particularly in podcasting. Despite current limitations like "hallucinations," the future promises even greater efficiency gains, but requires strategic implementation and a focus on practical use cases.

    41mFeb 22, 2025
    Free
    Building AI's Future: From Open Data to Robots (ft Victor Miller)
    Lesson 26

    Building AI's Future: From Open Data to Robots (ft Victor Miller)

    This lesson explores the transformative potential of open-source AI, emphasizing its accessibility, cost-effectiveness, and collaborative nature in contrast to proprietary models. Experts discuss its applications across diverse fields, from genome analysis to robotics, while also addressing crucial ethical and safety considerations for responsible AI development.

    38mFeb 22, 2025
    Free
    The Hard Truth About RAG in Production (ft Kirk Marple)
    Lesson 25

    The Hard Truth About RAG in Production (ft Kirk Marple)

    This Azure Cosmos DBConf 2022 presentation explores Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), emphasizing the crucial role of efficient data retrieval in enhancing large language models. The discussion covers practical challenges, solutions using tools like Graphlit, and future directions for building robust and scalable RAG systems.

    40mFeb 22, 2025
    Free

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    Open Interpreter Obsidian & Convert Anything
    Lesson 1

    Open Interpreter Obsidian & Convert Anything

    This lesson demonstrates a new Obsidian plugin that uses Open Interpreter for natural language control of your vault, automating tasks like text modification and image processing. The open-source plugin, still under development, showcases Open Interpreter's potential for streamlining workflows and replacing paid APIs with custom AI solutions.

    26mFeb 15, 2025
    Free
    Synthetic Data Generation and Automated Research Assistant
    Lesson 1

    Synthetic Data Generation and Automated Research Assistant

    This lesson explores the technical intricacies of podcast creation, from backend development to broadcasting, and demonstrates how prompt engineering refines AI-generated summaries of promising AI startups from 2023, highlighting the industry's rapid growth and substantial venture capital investment.

    36mFeb 15, 2025
    Free
    Obsidian Plugin Generate and Scripts that make Scripts
    Lesson 2

    Obsidian Plugin Generate and Scripts that make Scripts

    This Tool Use episode demonstrates AI-powered tools for code generation and farming. Script-O-Matic generates Python scripts from user prompts, while FarmFriend uses AI to optimize farming tasks, showcasing AI's diverse applications.

    43mFeb 15, 2025
    Free
    Activity Tracker and Calendar Automator
    Lesson 3

    Activity Tracker and Calendar Automator

    This lesson explores the intersection of AI and productivity, showcasing "Calvin," a novel time-tracking and calendar management tool, alongside advancements in open-source LLMs like the efficient 7-billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts model. The discussion also delves into the implications of OpenAI's potential pricing changes and the future of AI-powered developer tools.

    45mFeb 15, 2025
    Free
    The Future of Voice Agents (ft Killian Lucas)
    Lesson 4

    The Future of Voice Agents (ft Killian Lucas)

    This "Tooluse" episode features AI toolmaker Killian, showcasing how the COVID-19 pandemic and GPT-3 fueled a boom in AI development, particularly in video generation. Killian's open-source project, a top GitHub package, exemplifies the power of solving personal problems with AI, transforming a previously developer-only skill into accessible technology.

    49mFeb 15, 2025
    Free
    What Are Techfren's Favourite AI Tools?
    Lesson 5

    What Are Techfren's Favourite AI Tools?

    This lesson demonstrates AI-powered tools automating open-source contributions, from pull request generation to issue tracking. The showcased tools, including `pr-writer` and "TODO Issue Creator," significantly improve developer workflow and encourage broader participation in open-source projects.

    41mFeb 15, 2025
    Free
    How do AI Engineers Use AI Tools?
    Lesson 6

    How do AI Engineers Use AI Tools?

    This lesson demonstrates how developers use AI tools like Cursor and Cloth to streamline their workflows, from code generation and project management to real-time image creation. The showcased techniques highlight the power of AI in boosting productivity and fostering creativity across coding and digital art.

    37mFeb 16, 2025
    Free
    Use AI to Make Beautiful User Interfaces (ft Fillion Verma)
    Lesson 7

    Use AI to Make Beautiful User Interfaces (ft Fillion Verma)

    Learn how Magic UI, a free open-source design tool, simplifies web development using pre-built components and AI integration with Cursor for rapid prototyping. This lesson explores generative UI's potential, its current limitations, and the future of AI-powered design tools.

    54mFeb 16, 2025
    Free
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