DEVONthink has been my weapon of choice for years when it comes to organizing information on my computer. I recently changed to Linux, I need an alternative. I decided to build one myself. Here I try to record my considerations and learnings.
I decided that I wanted to create a CLI semantic search tool that can also be used in lf to rank a variety of text files in ascending or descending order.
A few days ago, a new issue of Think:Act Magazine landed in my inbox. I saw that it featured an interview with the now-deceased Pope Francis’ advisor on AI, Paolo Benanti, and it immediately caught my interest. Benanti, I thought, might offer a perspective on AI that differs from the mainstream – and he does. But I think it’s worth asking whether his response is shaped by his affiliation with the Catholic Church and its Thomistic philosophical underpinnings.
I recently completed the course Generative AI with Large Language Models from DeepLearning.AI on Coursera.
I took this course because I eventually want to get my hands dirty with AI and complement my theoretical understanding with practical ability.
I felt like I got what I came for: a more functional understanding of concepts I already knew from my thesis and general reading on AI. While I don’t yet feel ready to fine-tune a model from scratch, I now have a clearer roadmap and with a bit of tinkering, I believe I could get there.