Jeremy Howard: AnswerAI, FastAI, Fine-tuning & AI recruiting | Around the Prompt #1

Mar 27, 2024

Join Logan Kilpatrick and Nolan Fortman as we dive into a conversation with Jeremy Howard on:

- Why Jeremy created a new startup AswerAI
- Why fine-tuning is still underrated
- How attracting the world's best AI talent requires global and remote hiring
- What the future for FastAI will look like
- Building AI community

And so much more. This was an immensely inspiring and thoughtful conversation that Nolan and I are excited to bring to the world. We will be sharing many more of these conversations under the "Around the Prompt" umbrella, stay tuned!

00:00 Introduction and Background
01:11 Transition from Fast AI to Answer AI
03:35 Exploring the Potential of AI
04:28 Different Approaches to Applied Research
05:27 Creating Answer AI as a Separate Entity
06:30 Future of Fast AI
07:34 Motivation and Persistence in Learning AI
08:29 Takeaways from Fast AI Courses
09:25 Challenges in AI Education
10:44 Building Startups with AI Knowledge
11:44 The Impact of Fast AI Courses
12:44 The Gap in AI Applications
13:37 Continuous Pre-training and Fine-tuning
15:24 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in AI
17:46 Hiring and R&D at Answer AI
21:32 Access to AI Resources Worldwide
23:55 Creating Opportunities for Brilliant Minds
30:59 Continuous Pre-training and Extracting Value
38:54 The Future of Fine-tuning
40:15 Openness and Collaboration in AI
40:58 AI for All and Avoiding Inequality