#28 - The Art of Prompt Design, OpenAI Codex, Fine Tuning and More with Author David Shapiro (daveshapautomator)

Welcome back to Multimodal!  Today's very special guest is David Shapiro.  He's an author, IT professional, and frequent OpenAI community forums contributor.  In this wide ranging discussion, we discuss the art of prompt design, his thoughts on InstructGPT, OpenAI codex, his new book, the OpenAI community at large, and share thoughts on fine tuning and so much more.   Podcast Discussion Timestamps 00:00 - Intro 02:48 - How David heard about OpenAI's GPT-3 05:57 - David's first time trying GPT-3/his favourite use cases 10:38 - Did GPT-3 feel advanced to you? 15:00 - What are the keys to great GPT-3 prompt design? 18:34 - How do you become a better writer? 25:43 - GPT-3: The end of the socially awkward developer (?) 30:16 - Is GPT-3 Prompt Design Over? (Chatting About InstructGPT) 34:21 - Open Fine Tuning Lessons Learned 42:00 - OpenAI Codex / David's Billion Dollar Use Case Idea 50:00 - Which AI Models David is using currently 53:15 - David's Book - Natural Language Cognitive Architecture 1:01:25 - What is the pathway from now to true AGI? 1:08:41 - Thoughts/feedback about the OpenAI Community Forums 1:18:40 - My Feedback on OpenAI's Community Forums 1:22:00 - My Feedback on OpenAI's Community Forums II #hottake  1:24:46 - Multimodal AI technology 1:27:43 - What would you do with Multimodal AI? 1:32:38 - Where do you see all of this stuff going? 5-10 years 1:35:24 - Closing thoughts   Show Notes/Links OpenAI: https://openai.com/blog/instruction-following/ https://openai.com/blog/openai-codex/ https://beta.openai.com/docs/guides/fine-tuning Fine tuning notes: https://bakztfuture.substack.com/p/openai-fine-tuning-feedbacknotes GPT-3 navigates the New York subway by Mark Ryan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzb1Vc8dYAY The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker  https://www.amazon.ca/Language-Instinct-How-Mind-Creates/dp/1491514981 My Biggest 2022 Prediction: GPT-3 will take over schools and college campuses https://bakztfuture.substack.com/p/my-biggest-2022-prediction-gpt-3 GPT-3 - The End of the Socially Awkward Developer (?) https://bakztfuture.substack.com/p/gpt-3-the-end-of-the-socially-awkward GPT-3 Twitter Spaces Event: https://twitter.com/bakztfuture/status/1491260407579054087?cxt=HHwWjsDU1ZHcgrIpAAAA   Follow David Shapiro (daveshapautomator):   https://www.davidkshapiro.com/home    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dshap-automator/   https://github.com/daveshap    https://community.openai.com/u/daveshapautomator/summary   Subscribe to the Multimodal Podcast!   Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7qrWSE7ZxFXYe8uoH8NIFV Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/multimodal-by-bakz-t-future/id1564576820 Google Podcasts -  https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Jha3p0ZnV0dXJlL2ZlZWQueG1s Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/show/multimodal-by-bakz-t-future Other Podcast Apps (RSS Link) - https://feed.podbean.com/bakztfuture/feed.xml   Connect with me: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/bakztfuture Substack Newsletter - https://bakztfuture.substack.com​ Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/bakztfuture​ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bakztfuture​ Github - https://www.github.com/bakztfuture​