How to Become an AI Engineer from a Fullstack Background - Reid Mayo
Feb 2, 2024 · 10:19
Reid Mayo presents a step-by-step syllabus to transition from fullstack engineer to AI engineer, covering generative AI foundations, prompt engineering, LangChain, fine-tuning, and cost-effective open-source model deployment. The syllabus starts with Cohere's LLM overview, then dives into prompt engineering via Elvis Seravia's guide and Learn Prompting org docs. It emphasizes LangChain as the glue layer for modular AI systems, with tutorials from Mayo Ocean. Evals are treated as software tests using OpenAI's cookbook. Fine-tuning is taught via OpenAI's cookbook and then open-source LLaMA 2, with a specific case study showing a $19 fine-tuned LLaMA 2 matching OpenAI's $24,000 model on a target task. The boot camp ends with advanced deep learning courses from FastAI and Hugging Face for further mastery.
