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Building Grounded and Capable AI Systems with RAG, Function Calling, and Agentic Loops
A user requested a presentation slide that visually compares three fundamental patterns for building advanced Large Language Model (LLM) applications: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Function Calling, and Agentic Loops. The goal is to explain how these techniques contribute to creating AI systems that are both 'grounded' in facts and 'capable' of performing actions. The user asked for a clean, three-column layout, with each pattern having its own distinct color scheme, a simple diagram, and a list of practical development tips for implementation.
A Comparative Analysis of AI Alignment Techniques: SFT, RLHF, and DPO for Preference Learning
The user requested a presentation slide that explains and compares three key techniques for aligning large language models with human preferences: Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO). The goal is to visually break down the process of each method, provide a clear side-by-side comparison of their characteristics like data intensity, stability, and compute requirements, and conclude with the overarching importance of safety layers that are applied regardless of the chosen training method.
Visualizing a Modern Deep Learning Training Pipeline and Key Optimization Strategies for Stability and Throughput.
Create a slide that visually breaks down a standard end-to-end training pipeline for a large language model (LLM). It should start from the dataset and go all the way to model checkpoints. For each stage, like data loading, mixed precision, and distributed training, show the key technologies or concepts (e.g., BF16, AdamW, ZeRO). The slide should also include a sidebar with practical tips on ensuring training stability (like handling loss spikes) and a section on optimizing for throughput, showing how batch size affects tokens/second. The overall aesthetic should be clean, technical, and professional.
An overview of the data and tokenization pipeline for training large language models, covering quality and splits.
This slide was designed to provide a comprehensive yet digestible overview of the crucial pre-training stage for large language models: data preparation and tokenization. The user needed to explain the multi-step data pipeline, from sourcing and licensing to cleaning and filtering. It also needed to visually demystify the concept of tokenization using an example like Byte-Pair Encoding (BPE). The goal was to combine conceptual points with concrete visuals like a data distribution histogram and a quality assurance checklist to illustrate the entire process effectively.
An Intuitive Guide to Diffusion Models: From Noise to Signal and Key Concepts
Create a presentation slide that visually explains the core intuition behind diffusion models. The slide should be titled 'Diffusion Models: From Noise to Signal'. On one side, show a visual progression from pure noise to a clear image (like a chair) in several steps. On the other side, list out the key concepts step-by-step: 1. Forward noising, 2. Reverse denoising, 3. The U-Net architecture, 4. Schedulers (DDPM/DDIM), and 5. Classifier-Free Guidance (CFG). Animate each point to appear with its corresponding visual step. For the final point on CFG, add a visual element like a slider to represent guidance strength.
A technical breakdown of the Transformer architecture, focusing on its core mechanics and scaling properties.
The user requested a slide that explains the forward pass of a Transformer model, titled "Transformers: Mechanics That Scale". The slide needs to visually walk through the main components, starting from input tokens and proceeding through embedding, multi-head self-attention, the MLP, and residual/norm layers. It should connect these mechanics to system-level choices and optimizations, such as the O(n²) cost of attention, the role of the KV cache in decoding, positional strategies like RoPE, and the impact of scaling laws on model training and efficiency.
An Overview of the Modern AI Model Landscape: LLMs, Diffusion, Multimodal, and Agents
Create a slide that explains the main types of modern AI models. I want to cover four key categories: Large Language Models (LLMs), Diffusion Models for images, Multimodal Models that handle text and images, and Agentic Systems that can take actions. For each one, briefly define it, list a few example tasks, and mention the most important performance metric. The design should be clean, professional, and use a card-based layout to compare them side-by-side. Use simple icons to represent each category. The overall goal is to give a clear, high-level overview for someone new to the field.
A comprehensive overview of the state of Generative AI in 2025, highlighting key trends and milestones.
Create a presentation slide that provides a comprehensive overview of the state of Generative AI in 2025. The slide should be structured to first introduce key driving trends like compute, data scale, and the open vs. closed ecosystem. It should then present a historical timeline of major AI milestones from 2017 to 2025, highlighting key inflection points such as Transformers, GPT-3, and RLHF. Conclude with a summary of recent shifts and future-looking priorities like agentic AI and on-device efficiency. The design should be modern, clean, and use data visualization elements like a sparkline chart to illustrate growth.
Title Slide for a Presentation on Generative AI: Systems, Scaling, and Safety
I need a professional and modern title slide for a tech conference presentation. The topic is 'Generative AI', with the subtitle 'Systems, Scaling, and Safety'. The speaker is Maya Chen, Principal Research Engineer at Vector Labs. The event is the AI Systems Summit 2025 in San Francisco on Oct 8. The design should be dark, sophisticated, and minimalist, using subtle animations to reveal the text elements sequentially. It should have a clean, technical feel. Please also generate detailed speaker notes for a calm, authoritative opening that introduces the topic and sets the agenda for the talk.
90-Day Roadmap & Next Steps
Create a slide visualizing a 30/60/90 day roadmap for a project. The roadmap should include key milestones for each phase, such as problem framing and data audit (30 days), MVP model and evaluation harness (60 days), and pilot deployment and monitoring (90 days). The slide should have a clean and modern design, incorporating a progress indicator or timeline element. Include a 'Start' badge to signify the beginning of the roadmap. The slide should also include a subtle visual element to draw attention to the start of the roadmap. A small, unobtrusive QR code linking to relevant documentation or repository should be placed on the slide. The overall tone should be professional and project-oriented, emphasizing clear goals and progress tracking.
Cost & Performance Tuning for Optimal Business Outcomes
Create a slide about cost and performance tuning, emphasizing the importance of finding a balance between the two for optimal business outcomes, not just raw speed. The content should cover strategies for achieving this balance, including profiling, batching, quantization, distillation, caching, autoscaling, and spot instances. It should also visually represent the relationship between cost and latency, highlighting the 'sweet spot' where optimal balance is achieved. Include specific examples like using KV cache or mixed precision to operate near this sweet spot. Finally, emphasize the iterative nature of this process and the need for continuous monitoring and adjustment.
Team Workflow & Shared Standards
This slide visually represents the workflow and collaboration between different teams (Product, Data Engineering, ML Engineering, and Platform/SRE) involved in a product's lifecycle, from ideation to production. It emphasizes the roles and responsibilities of each team and highlights the importance of shared standards (schemas, feature store, model registry) for a streamlined and efficient process. The slide uses distinct colors and icons for each team, facilitating quick comprehension of their respective contributions. The animation further enhances engagement by sequentially introducing each team's role.

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Alex Delaney
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