EC3 Evening Lecture: The Rise of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) by Bala Amavasai, Databricks

The Rise of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs)

Bala Amavasai, Global Technical Director at Databricks

Venue
Van Emden Theatre, Edith
Morley Building, Whiteknights
Campus, University of
Reading
Lecture starts at 19:30, tea/coffee available from 19:00.

Generative AI creates new outputs from existing data. It has
taken the world by storm. Large language models (LLMs), a
subset of generative AI, are AI models that are very effective
at performing various language-related tasks. LLMs are able
to generate predictions about the meaning of text, such as
sentiment classification, topic modelling, or text
summarization. They are also used in applications such as
machine translation, question-answering, and decisionmaking systems.

This talk will discuss the evolution of LLMs,
its importance and its implications. We will also address the
practical application of LLMs and how they can be built and
delivered using open-source tools.

Contact
Prof Richard Mitchell
r.j.mitchell@reading.ac.uk