Week 6 - Generative AI Fundamentals on AI Platform Engineering Handbook

Foundations of Generative AI

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

1. Evolution of AI → ML → Deep Learning → Generative AI

To understand where we are today with generative AI, you need to understand the path that got us here, because each stage built directly on the limitations of the previous one.

LLM APIs

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

1. OpenAI APIs

OpenAI is the company behind ChatGPT, and they were among the first to make a powerful language model available to developers through a simple API. When people talk about “GPT-4” or newer model names, they’re referring to the actual AI models that power both ChatGPT (the consumer app) and the API (the developer tool) — the API is essentially the same intelligence, but in raw form so developers can build it into their own products.

Prompt Engineering

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

1. Prompt Engineering Fundamentals

Prompt engineering is the practice of designing and refining the instructions you give to a language model to get the best possible output. It sounds simple but is genuinely a skill that separates people who get mediocre results from AI from people who get exceptional ones.