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A. KansalBuilding Generative AI-Powered Appshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0205-8_1

1. Introduction to Generative AI

Aarushi Kansal1  
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Melbourne, Australia
 

Generative AI (artificial intelligence) is a loaded phrase these days. Investors are throwing their money at it, execs are throwing it at each other, and at some point, a manager is probably going to ask you “can we do generative AI too?” or you’re going to get tempted and hack together an LLM-powered bot at 2 a.m. This chapter introduces you, a software engineer, to the booming world of AI, by cutting through all the hype and demystifying AI. I start from the most popular architectures right now ...

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