LLMs, AI, and the Semantic Layer - What They Mean for You
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You Say Data, I Say Dayta
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You are probably wondering about Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, and their impact on you, your business, and the world.
In this episode, I chat with Paul Blankley and Ryan Janssen about LLMs, AI, and the semantic layer - where they were in the past, what they are doing today, and their impact on our future.
Paul and Ryan are the Co-founders of Zenlytic, the world’s first self-serve BI tool.
Paul is the Co-founder / CTO of Zenlytic, a self-serve BI tool that uses LLMs to provide a simple chat interface to complex business data. He's worked in data for 7+ years and is passionate about all things data and AI. He has a master's from Harvard in Data Science, and he lives in Denver, CO, where he spends his free time snowboarding, running, and rock climbing.
Ryan is the CEO of Zenlytic. Prior to co-founding Zenlytic, he worked as a software engineer and a venture capitalist and private equity investor. He has a masters degree from Harvard in computational science and an MBA from Oxford. Fun fact: Ryan has lived in 4 countries across 3 continents.
Other Resources Mentioned in the Episode:
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Office of Planetary Defense
Attention is All You Need Whitepaper
Chelyabinsk Event
Semantic Layer Explained
Lump of Labor Fallacy
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