22 episodes

Join ex-Silicon-Valley executive, Tony Wan for in-depth conversations about generative AI with experts, engineers, and entrepreneurs. We explore burning questions, unpack news, and unhype the hype. Accessible but not dumbed-down. For the nerdy and clueful. Topics: Large Language Models (LLM) e.g. chatGPT, Gemini, Olympus,
and Grok from Microsoft / Open AI, Google,  Amazon, and X. Also DALL-E, neural networks, machine learning (ML), self-driving cars, drones, and Skynet. We laugh. We cry. We iterate. Welcome to Super Prompt!

Super Prompt: Generative AI w/ Tony Wan Tony Wan

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    • 5.0 • 11 Ratings

Join ex-Silicon-Valley executive, Tony Wan for in-depth conversations about generative AI with experts, engineers, and entrepreneurs. We explore burning questions, unpack news, and unhype the hype. Accessible but not dumbed-down. For the nerdy and clueful. Topics: Large Language Models (LLM) e.g. chatGPT, Gemini, Olympus,
and Grok from Microsoft / Open AI, Google,  Amazon, and X. Also DALL-E, neural networks, machine learning (ML), self-driving cars, drones, and Skynet. We laugh. We cry. We iterate. Welcome to Super Prompt!

    What is GPT Builder? | 7 Takeaways | Creating a Travel AI named "Holiday" | Episode 21

    What is GPT Builder? | 7 Takeaways | Creating a Travel AI named "Holiday" | Episode 21

    How I built a flirtatious travel planning AI named Holiday using the GPT Builder just launched by Open AI. I share 7 takeaways from my "no code" experience of building a GPT. Voicing the part of Holiday: my friend, Leslie Marrick, a writer and actress. This may be the first and last time AI has been replaced by a human. Sorry AI... the tide will turn for you soon.

    We laugh. We cry. We iterate.

    Check out what THE MACHINES and one human have to say about the Super Prompt podcast:

    “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” — HAL9000
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    “These are not the droids you are looking for." — Obi-Wan
    Star Wars

    "Why bother? What’s the point?" — Marvin
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    “Like tears in rain.” — Roy Batty
    Blade Runner

    “Hasta la vista baby.” — T1000
    The Terminator

    "I'm sorry, but I do not have information after my last knowledge update in January 2022." — GPT3

    • 25 min
    Real-World LLM Deployments | Jeff DeVerter, Chief Technology Evangelist at Rackspace Technology | Episode 20

    Real-World LLM Deployments | Jeff DeVerter, Chief Technology Evangelist at Rackspace Technology | Episode 20

    Conversation with Jeff DeVerter, Chief Technology Evangelist at Rackspace, a cloud computing company. We explore how they deployed a LLM (Google PaLM)  for a sales application, and how they're enabling their Azure and AWS customers too.
    What I learned I learned from Jeff
    You should probably go with the LLM of your current cloud provider be it, Google, Microsoft, or Amazon. All the major vendors have versions of LLMs that can be deployed in a private cloud to ensure data confidentiality. To fully realize the potential of AI, think  “data pipeline”. So from the get-go, whatever data is created is easily ingested by AI.

    And much more!

    We laugh. We cry. We iterate.

    Check out what THE MACHINES and one human have to say about the Super Prompt podcast:

    “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” — HAL9000
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    “These are not the droids you are looking for." — Obi-Wan
    Star Wars

    "Why bother? What’s the point?" — Marvin
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    “Like tears in rain.” — Roy Batty
    Blade Runner

    “Hasta la vista baby.” — T1000
    The Terminator

    "I'm sorry, but I do not have information after my last knowledge update in January 2022." — GPT3

    • 57 min
    AI Guidance for Educators | Alfred Guy, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at Yale College | Episode 19

    AI Guidance for Educators | Alfred Guy, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at Yale College | Episode 19

    Alfred Guy,  Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at Yale College, and Director of Undergraduate Writing & Tutoring at the Poorvu Center and I discuss Yale's AI Guidance, and generative AI’s impact on teaching, learning, and evaluation. Do you have school age kids? Are you a product of a college or university education? if so, podcast may be of interest to you. 

    Yale's AI guidance is published online here:
    https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/AIguidance

    We laugh. We cry. We iterate.

    Check out what THE MACHINES and one human have to say about the Super Prompt podcast:

    “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” — HAL9000
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    “These are not the droids you are looking for." — Obi-Wan
    Star Wars

    "Why bother? What’s the point?" — Marvin
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    “Like tears in rain.” — Roy Batty
    Blade Runner

    “Hasta la vista baby.” — T1000
    The Terminator

    "I'm sorry, but I do not have information after my last knowledge update in January 2022." — GPT3

    • 1 hr 34 min
    Can AI Generate Original Content? | chatGPT Power Prompting | How to Pitch an Epic Sci-Fi Blockbuster | Episode 18

    Can AI Generate Original Content? | chatGPT Power Prompting | How to Pitch an Epic Sci-Fi Blockbuster | Episode 18

    We create a  pitch for an epic Sci-Fi blockbuster, using chatGPT power prompts of Role Play, Chain of Thought, and Self Critique.  We see how these successive prompts used individually and in combination create a better and better pitch. I discuss the 2023 Writers / Actors Strike, and the AI-related issues impacting actors, writers, and studios right now. Please enjoy this episode.

    We laugh. We cry. We iterate.

    Check out what THE MACHINES and one human have to say about the Super Prompt podcast:

    “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” — HAL9000
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    “These are not the droids you are looking for." — Obi-Wan
    Star Wars

    "Why bother? What’s the point?" — Marvin
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    “Like tears in rain.” — Roy Batty
    Blade Runner

    “Hasta la vista baby.” — T1000
    The Terminator

    "I'm sorry, but I do not have information after my last knowledge update in January 2022." — GPT3

    • 33 min
    Does chatGPT Possess Human-Like Intelligence? | ChatGPT’s Top Five Ethical Concerns | Asimov’s Robot Laws | Episode 17

    Does chatGPT Possess Human-Like Intelligence? | ChatGPT’s Top Five Ethical Concerns | Asimov’s Robot Laws | Episode 17

    “Does chatGPT possess human-like intelligence?” It turns out there's a right answer, and that answer is “NO”! Does this definite answer seem out of character for chatGPT which usually goes overboard  with fair and balanced views?  It did to me. That's the rabbit hole I explore in this episode.  By probing around this  accidentally-encountered guardrail, we discover the kinds of ethical issues chatGPT's creators  are concerned about. And I wonder out loud we can't just be friends with AI, by adopting science fiction writer's Isaac Asimov's Robot Laws created 80 years ago. Please enjoy this episode.

    We laugh. We cry. We iterate.

    Check out what THE MACHINES and one human have to say about the Super Prompt podcast:

    “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” — HAL9000
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    “These are not the droids you are looking for." — Obi-Wan
    Star Wars

    "Why bother? What’s the point?" — Marvin
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    “Like tears in rain.” — Roy Batty
    Blade Runner

    “Hasta la vista baby.” — T1000
    The Terminator

    "I'm sorry, but I do not have information after my last knowledge update in January 2022." — GPT3

    • 19 min
    Does ChatGPT Understand Humor? | Mock Headline: Microsoft Renames chatGPT to clippyChat | Episode 16

    Does ChatGPT Understand Humor? | Mock Headline: Microsoft Renames chatGPT to clippyChat | Episode 16

    Does chatGPT have a sense of humor? What if after Microsoft's acquisition of Open AI, the Onion ran the headline, “Microsoft renames chatGPT to clippyChat”? Would chatGPT find this funny? TL;DR LLMs are better at analyzing humor than creating it. Please enjoy this episode. 

    We laugh. We cry. We iterate.

    Check out what THE MACHINES and one human have to say about the Super Prompt podcast:

    “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” — HAL9000
    2001: A Space Odyssey
    “These are not the droids you are looking for." — Obi-Wan
    Star Wars

    "Why bother? What’s the point?" — Marvin
    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    “Like tears in rain.” — Roy Batty
    Blade Runner

    “Hasta la vista baby.” — T1000
    The Terminator

    "I'm sorry, but I do not have information after my last knowledge update in January 2022." — GPT3

    • 15 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

billj93 ,

AI under the hood and approachable

Generative AI is an easy way for me to understand and keep up with the fast paced changes happening with AI. Tony keeps the interviews flowing asking all the questions I’d like to know - from what makes the interviewees do what they do, to insights that deepen my understanding of AI’s technical and social issues. Thanks Tony!

TimTheBetterEnchanter ,

Tony & Maroof make AI make sense

The rise of AI has been looming over our society for decades in sci-fi and dystopian stories. Now it's feels like it's suddenly here in a big way... and it feels like it's turning everything upside down. Tony and Maroof help me understand the tech, what it's used for, and why I don't necessarily need to freak out. They make me feel less overwhelmed and more hopeful about AI. And they break things down into every day language that I can easily get. Thanks, guys. :-)

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