Github CoPilot Alternatives (VSCode extensions)

https://www.tabnine.com/blog/github-copilot-alternatives/

All about Large Language Models (LLMs)

Large Language Models or LLMs are the focus of attention for AI. They are driving both the application space as well as research space.

Here is a link covering the latest in the evolution of LLMs

https://lifearchitect.ai/models/

A pragmatic guide to LLMs can be found here

https://github.com/Mooler0410/LLMsPracticalGuide

Hacker's Guide to LLMs (video - 90min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkrNMKz9pWU

https://research.aimultiple.com/large-language-models/

Python 3.12

Bright new shiny python available 3.12

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html

This is more than a skin-deep repolished gem

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html#whatsnew312-pep684

And

https://realpython.com/python312-new-features/#one-gil-per-subinterpreter

Fresh look

Decided to change the theme to a new fresh look. Light background with some colour highlights.

Managing cost of deploying LLMs

https://medium.com/@pankaj_pandey/the-possible-strategies-for-cost-effective-large-language-model-optimization-50e7edad2262

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Falcon the new LLM

 https://huggingface.co/tiiuae

https://falconllm.tii.ae/

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2023/06/falcon-llm-new-king-llms.html

https://huggingface.co/blog/inference-endpoints-llm

https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/installation

Apple GPT (Ajax)

 https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/6/23861763/apple-ai-language-models-ajax-gpt-training-spending

The competition heats up

Revamp of Blog

This is a new restart of the blog. Hope to see more visitors.

Change is an opportunity

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End of 2018 Start of 2019

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R errors during startup on Mac OS X El Capitan

During startup - Warning messages:
1: Setting LC_CTYPE failed, using "C"
2: Setting LC_COLLATE failed, using "C"
3: Setting LC_TIME failed, using "C"
4: Setting LC_MESSAGES failed, using "C"
5: Setting LC_PAPER failed, using "C"
[R.app GUI 1.50 (6126) x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0] 

WARNING: You're using a non-UTF8 locale, therefore only ASCII characters will work. Please read R for Mac OS X FAQ (see Help) section 9 and adjust your system preferences accordingly.

----- solution that worked for me is to ----------

1. Open Terminal
2. Write or paste in: defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG en_US.UTF-8
3. Close Terminal
4. Start R