Michael Washington: Azure OpenAI - Episode 286

Michael is an ASP.NET and C# programmer who has extensive knowledge in process improvement, AI and Large Language Models, and student information systems. He also is the founder of two websites — AIStoryBuilders.com and BlazorHelpWebsite.com — both fantastic resources that help empower developers. Michael resides in Los Angeles, California, with his son Zachary and wife, Valerie.

Topics of Discussion:

[3:14] Michael talks about his career path.

[5:15] AIStoryBuilders.com.

[6:21] The vision for his book and what sets it apart from others.

[9:10] What is “RAG”? Retrieval augmented generation.

[12:35] How did Michael come up with the AI Story Builders name?

[14:09] Keeping AI on track despite the limitations.

[17:44] Models behave better when trained on more data.

[21:26] How do you make the decision on which named model to use?

[34:05] Where Microsoft is a leader.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Clear Measure Way

Architect Forum

Software Engineer Forum

Programming with Palermo — New Video Podcast! Email us at [email protected].

Clear Measure, Inc. (Sponsor)

.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way, by Jeffrey Palermo — Available on Amazon!

Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter — Follow to stay informed about future events!

Azure OpenAI Using C#

Michael Washington GitHub

AI Story Builders

Adefwebserver

Blazor-Blogs

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