Challenges and Opportunities Building LLM-Powered Application - Sachin Solkhan

Discover the challenges and opportunities of building LLM-powered applications, including the importance of data curation, model size, and evaluation techniques, as well as enterprise considerations for large language models.

Key takeaways
  • The RAG approach is better for accuracy and usefulness, as it allows for fine-tuning and uses the latest data.
  • The size of the models is important, with larger models like GPT-4 being more powerful but also more expensive.
  • There are multiple steps in getting the data, including data curation, data processing, and training on large datasets.
  • There are various ways to generate prompts, including natural language and other constructs.
  • Consistency and accuracy are important for evaluating the output of large language models.
  • Hallucinations need to be considered and addressed through techniques like RAG and fine-tuning.
  • The cost of running large language models is important, with different models and approaches having different costs.
  • Enterprise considerations are important, including bias, toxicity, and compliance.
  • Orchestration frameworks are necessary for integrating and using large language models.
  • Fine-tuning and RAG are important techniques for improving the accuracy and usefulness of large language models.
  • Domain-specific large language models are more suitable for certain domains and tasks.
  • There are many different approaches to large language models, including RAG, fine-tuning, and domain-specific models.