QFM033: Machine Intelligence Reading List September 2024
Everything that I found interesting about machines behaving intelligently during September 2024
This month kicks off with several articles focusing on prompt engineering and AI reasoning. The Introduction to Anthropic’s Prompt Engineering Interactive Tutorial introduces readers to prompt creation techniques for Anthropic’s Claude model, while Notes on OpenAI’s new o1 chain-of-thought models explores new OpenAI models designed to improve complex reasoning. Building LLMs from the Ground Up: A 3-hour Coding Workshop takes a hands-on approach, guiding developers through the process of building, training, and understanding LLMs, providing a grounding in the structure and logic underpinning LLMs.
Next we take a look at how AI is being integration into professional services. Automating the Back Office: How AI is Transforming Professional Services shows how AI is reshaping back-office operations in legal and financial sectors, automating tasks and addressing staffing needs. Similarly, The three fates of work in the age of AI suggests that while AI may replace some roles, it may also create opportunities for more fulfilling work by freeing up time for complex tasks. AI and the Technological Richter Scale expands on this by comparing technological advances to seismic…
