The inaugural listener mailbag

You asked, we answered! Rich and Pierce do their first listener mailbag. Explaining RLHF, our current development stack, whether model competition is making things better for people using them, and more.

What is Pretrained?

Two Stanford friends who flooded their kitchen using dish soap instead of dishwasher detergent have somehow become AI experts. One builds startups, the other studies at Cambridge - together they break down LLMs and machine learning with zero BS and maximum banter.