Adventures in Building CLIP and Other (Largeish) Language Models
Speakers

Sachin is the father of two beautiful children. He completed his PhD in Bayesian Machine Learning at University of Sydney in 2015. In 2016 he discovered Deep Learning and hasn't looked back. He currently works as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Canva and is mainly focusing on NLP problems.

At the moment Demetrios is immersing himself in Machine Learning by interviewing experts from around the world in the weekly MLOps.community meetups. Demetrios is constantly learning and engaging in new activities to get uncomfortable and learn from his mistakes. He tries to bring creativity into every aspect of his life, whether that be analyzing the best paths forward, overcoming obstacles, or building lego houses with his daughter.
SUMMARY
Sachin takes us on an adventure, sharing insights on the pitfalls of not understanding the broader product and the importance of incorporating AI and machine learning capabilities. From the use of AI models to grammar correction and code generation to the fascinating Clip model and the challenges of balancing work and family life, this episode promises to be both informative and thought-provoking.

