A Journey to Discover AI and AI Assistants for Developers

Intros

• "Generative AI in a Nutshell - How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of AI"

  • A full-day AI course crammed into 18 minutes of drawing & talking. Target audience: Everyone.

• "How AI Works 🤖🔎"

  • A nice article that explains how LLMs work in a non-technical way, using a simple analogy of meal planning to explain complex AI concepts.

• Intro to Large Language Models - YouTube - Andrej Karpathy

  • The must-view video for a good and solid introduction to LLMs.

• "ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers"

  • A well-made free hands-on course that teaches prompt engineering best practices for application development, different ways to use LLMs, and how to iterate on prompts.

• "An Example of LLM Prompting for Programming"

  • Xu Hao uses chain of thought and general knowledge prompting with ChatGPT when writing self-testing code.

• "But what is a GPT? Visual intro to transformers"

  • Unpacking how large language models operate under the hood with this visually-driven journey to discover how Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPTs) function.

Inspirational Content

• "Exploring Generative AI"

  • A set of very good memos where Thoughtworkers share their experience in adopting AI-assisted coding tools like Copilot and ChatGPT; it’s full of insights on the impact of Generative AI on software development practices.

• "DDD and LLMs", Eric Evans's keynote at "Explore DDD 2024"

  • Eric shares his learnings and discoveries on AIs, how they relate to DDD, and challenges the DDD community to come up with new ideas to share.

• "Can AI Play the TDD Pairing Game?"

  • Watch two AI agents pairing together in a TDD session.

• "AI and the Search for Truth and Answers: Interview with Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity.ai"

  • Unpacking how large language models operate under the hood with this visually-driven journey to discover how Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPTs) function.

Tools

• LMSYS Chatbot Arena Leaderboard

  • A chatbot leaderboard that ranks all main LLMs based on an ELO-like scoring system.

• Chatbot Arena: Benchmarking LLMs in the Wild

  • A nice way to contribute to ranking LLMs while using them for free.

• Let's Build AI

  • A community-driven platform for AI enthusiasts.

AI and Our Future

• "Impromptu, Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI", a free book by Reid Hoffman with GPT-4, that offers readers a travelogue of the future

  • A very nice travel through all the areas where AIs will have an impact in the future!

• "Plentiful, High-Paying Jobs in the Age of AI"

  • For those interested in the future of work, AI, and navigating the changing job landscape to ensure prosperity for all.

• "ChatGPT Already Knows", by Uwe Friedrichsen

  • A series of articles on how AIs will eventually disrupt the role of software engineers.

• "Semantic Programming and Software 2.0", by Jon Radoff

  • For those interested in how AI impacts video game development, Jon's substack is a great resource.

• "AI and the Automation of Work", by Benedict Evans

  • This article discusses the impact of AI and automation on jobs, emphasizing historical patterns, future job creation, and the potential implications of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT.

• "How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education, Sal Khan at TED"

  • Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, challenges the notion that AI will undermine education.

• "90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0", Kent Beck

  • Kent Beck reflects on the impact of AI on the value of software development skills.

• "Why the Fuss About Conversational Programming?", by Simon Wardley

  • Simon discusses the emergence of conversational programming, its impact on software development, and the shift towards more automated coding processes, highlighting the future of programming with AI assistance.