AI Mastery 201: Elevating Your Workflow with Advanced LLM Techniques

In the past six months, the AI landscape has undergone a massive transformation, ushering in a new era of productivity with the latest in Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI technology. This deep dive unlocks how to:



Create CustomGPT Models: No coding needed to tailor AI for your unique projects. Integrate your own data, including PDFs and Excel sheets, making information handling a breeze. Plus, discover how to call your own actions/integrations for even more personalized utility.
Navigate Advanced Prompting: Overcome AI's memory limits and utilize Retrieval-Augmented Generation for accessing your personalized data, streamlining how you interact with AI.
Stay Ahead with AI Trends: Peek into the evolving world of LLMs, featuring newcomers like Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, Open Sora, and Twitter Grok, and understand what their advancements mean for your productivity.
Witness Real-Life Transformations: Through examples and prompt demonstrations, see firsthand how these AI strategies revolutionize routine tasks, from data analysis to content creation. Learn to leverage image output and input for advanced practical use cases, adding a new dimension to your productivity toolkit.


No previous coding or AI experience is needed for this talk. Stay ahead in the fast-evolving world of work. Embrace the AI revolution and transform your workflow with advanced LLM techniques. Join us to ensure you're not left behind in the productivity race.

1. Victor Szoltysek - RAVL - April 25th 2024
Elevating Your Workflow with Advanced LLM Techniques
AI Mastery 201
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2. Real Gains
Productivity and AI
•MIT study* from March 2, 2023 - 37% productivity improvements !
•Demonstrates AI's impact is not a fad!
•If you're not experiencing similar efficiency gains, you're likely not
utilizing AI to its full potential. !
•Particularly effective for repetitive and mundane tasks.
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* https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/Noy_Zhang_1.pdf

3. Past Fads
Daily Mail Article
•“Internet may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it”!
•Article from Daily Mail - Dec 5, 2000!
•Current parallels with AI
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4. Unfamiliar Beginnings
Life without AI
•Contentment without realizing potential benefits!
•Hard to see need for AI!
•Skepticism similar to pre-internet
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5. Elementary AI
ChatGPT 3
•Intrigued by accessible AI capabilities!
•Grade school level outputs (not too smart)!
•Appreciates the basic functionality and uses!
•Doesn’t see need for advanced use cases
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6. Advanced Academics
ChatGPT 4
•Impressed by significant enhancements and utility!
•University level outputs!
•Sees practical applications in more complex tasks!
•Expanded contextual awareness and Massive evolution over 3.5
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7. Full Realization
Advanced Features
•Mind-blown by the extensive possibilities !
•Embraces holistic AI approaches beyond text!
•Experiences groundbreaking features like image processing
and advanced data analytics, custom GPTs, RAG, API calls, etc
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8. Safeguard Your Data
Security Concerns
•Concerned about data in AI models? You're not alone!
•Hidden feature*: Opt-out of data storage!
•Final thought: If you're still uneasy, reconsider internet use
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*https://privacy.openai.com/

9. Understanding Limits
Context Window
•Like human working memory, limited in span (~1.5 page output default)!
•Why programming with LLMs is currently challenging—the context
window does not encompass entire codebase!
•Workarounds: upgrade (to Plus), use api, split up work, use other
models (either OpenAI or other)
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10. Streamlined Personalization
Custom Instructions
•Set global settings to enhance every interaction!
•Include simple details like your name or preferred terms!
•Every prompt you submit automatically incorporates these
custom settings
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11. Maximizing Input Efficacy
General Prompt Tips
•Context-rich prompts yield better outputs!
•Re-submitting with adjustments improves clarity!
•Embrace unstructured data for creative solutions
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12. Long Slide Creation - Prompt
Here’s my updated Deck Slide Ideas
The way I want the slides structured is:
- 2 to 3 emojis representing the slide
- 3 Text Boxes
- The key item — i.e. Image Processing or ChatGPT 3.5 or RAG , etc
- Some short and catchy and punchy term for the slide — i.e. a couple of words
So output in the following format (per slide and nothing else)
“
ChatGPT 3
Elementary Proficiency
3-4 bullets
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Life without internet (make the first icon a 1)
- Hard to have a use case for internet if you’ve never used it
- Dial-Up Internet (make the first icon a 2)
- Hard to have a use case for bran
- Broadband Internet (make the first icon a 3)
- Even the concept of having internet in
- You can never go back
- Life without AI (make the first icon a 1)
- Just like AI
- Google and Internet is good enough — what use do I have ?
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13. AWS Exam Helper - Prompt
Solve the following question for me— explain the answer, keep me exam tips for similar
questions or any general rules of thumb for the AWS Solution Architect Exam Associate.
What are the important concepts for the exam on this topic?
A company runs a public-facing three-tier web application in a VPC across multiple Availability Zones.
Amazon EC2 instances for the application tier running in private subnets need to download software
patches from the internet. However, the EC2 instances cannot be directly accessible from the internet.
Which actions should be taken to allow the EC2 instances to download the needed patches? (Select
TWO.)
A) Configure a NAT gateway in a public subnet.
B) Define a custom route table with a route to the NAT gateway for internet traffic and associate it with the
private subnets for the application tier.
C) Assign Elastic IP addresses to the EC2 instances.
D) Define a custom route table with a route to the internet gateway for internet traffic and associate it with
the private subnets for the application tier.
E) Configure a NAT instance in a private subnet.

14. Custom Kids Book - Prompt
Create a short The Berenstain Bears for my 8
year old, teaching her about gratitude. Include
some reading comprehension questions. Include
something about Taylor Swift showing up.

15. Google Replacement - Prompt
I remember reading a book a long time ago that got me into
programming. I might have been in the kids section this was ~30
years ago and I'm guessing the book was likely from the 80's. It
was a programming book for kids — I think in Basic. I recall some
game you make with some kind of mineral mining on an off world
colony.
What book is this ?

16. Text Handling Mastery
Text-Based Input/Output
•AI excels with diverse text formats: JSON, CSV, ICS,
GraphVix, Mermaid, etc!
•Output as Tables, graphs, charts, complex documents!
•Expand capabilities with text-based file interactions
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17. Visualizing the Future
Image Processing
•OCR capabilities: Convert images to editable text!
•custom colouring books, unique icons, etc !
•Less need for stock photography industry
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18. Help at store - Prompt
Which of the following will be best
for sanding basic wall patches
using spackling putty

19. Birthday Card Creation - Prompt
Create a 3 paragraph birthday card for my daughter’s
friend Ben, whom they go to school together, who likes
Skiing and Swimming. Write it in Dr. Seuss style.
Their favourite memory together is playing board
games. Include emojis usage. Include a colourful and
cartoon style image to go along with it.

20. i.e. Code Interpreter
Advanced Data Analytics
•Execute procedural code to overcome LLM limits!
•Input from Excel, Word, PDFs; manage large files!
•Charting and math capabilities for in-depth insights
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21. Data Analysis - Prompt
See my attached Financial Sample.
Do analysis on it (that you think
would help), include a graph, draw
any conclusions and implications ,
mention anything else worth looking
into.
Financial Sample.xls

22. Custom AI Engines
Custom GPTs
•Build tailored AI solutions with custom GPTs!
•Easily embed additional knowledge bases (RAG)!
•Integrate API calls and no-code workflows to streamline
operations
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23. Custom DevOps Helper GPT Instructions
When I tell you to notify of something -- use the SendMessageToMSTeams action to send the
message.
If I ask you for status about my repo -- use the GetLast10CommitMessages action .. to get info --
also when showing the date time information make it easy to read -- i.e. Feb 2nd / 2021 -
2:12pm .
If I tell you to send a a repo update -- then I want you to first call GetLast10CommitMessages, get
the info , and pass that info along to the SendMessageToMSTeams action for my team to see ..
my clean it up (include date and time), and also based on the Commit messages add maybe
some humor or a joke , advice , or some some funny jab at broken issues that's relevant to the
commit messages -- i.e. if there's a lot of bug fixes , make a joke at needing to improve your
coding skills.

24. Streamlined Communications
MS Teams WebhookS
•Easily set up an "Incoming Webhook" via Teams, even on
client sites!
•Speed up notifications for CI/CD updates, broken builds, etc!
•Much better then traditional communication
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25. Enhanced Search Intelligence
RAG
(Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
•Easily set up with Custom GPTs for dynamic integration!
•Enhances search capabilities by understanding context and
retrieving relevant information!
•Note its limitations: Struggles with analyzing data in aggregate
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26. Explore and Innovate
API Playground
•Interface akin to ChatGPT, offering greater control !
•Access to higher token limits and other models!
•A sandbox for developers to prototype, innovate, and explore
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27. Continuous Innovation
Other ChatGPT Features
•Dynamic model selection to manage usage limits!
•Smart Memory: Personalized interaction enhancement!
•Sharing Conversations Option for collaborative use!
•Mobile app: AI on the go for effective usage
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28. AI Landscape Overview
Other Items
•Overview of competitive AI platforms: Gemini, Claude, Meta, Grok!
•Catching up in functionalities and minor details (free image generation on
Gemini, higher context windows on others)!
•Emerging technologies in 3D and video AI (OpenAI Sora, Bezi AI)!
•Broader mainstream adoption post-Apple's WWDC on June 10, 2024
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29. BEZi AI Prompt - Cute Boston Terrier dog

30. Embrace AI Now
Call to Action
•Upgrade to ChatGPT Plus for many benefits!
•Dive in: hands-on interaction is key to mastery!
•Embracing AI is like using the internet—indispensable for
staying ahead
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31. See Advanced AI in Action
Live Demo
•Advanced Data Analytics: Watch as ChatGPT handles complex
data analysis live.!
•Custom GPT: Experience tailored AI for simple DevOps
workflows and API integration created on-the-fly.
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