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AI Portfolio Podcast
Maxime Labonne: LLM Scientist Roadmap, AI Scientist, LLM Course & Open Source - AI Portfolio Podcast
Maxime Labonne, Co-author of the LLM Engineers Handbook, creator of the LLM course on github with over 40k stars, and author of Hands on Graph Neural Networks.
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Maxime LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxime-labonne/
Mark Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmoyou/
Chapters:
📌 00:00 – Intro
📚 01:51 – Maxime: Books & Courses
🤖 07:30 – AI Scientist vs. AI Engineer
🚀 09:05 – Path to Becoming an AI Expert
🎓 11:13 – Do You Need a Degree?
⏳ 13:01 – How Long Does It Take to Become an AI Scientist?
👨🔬 15:58 – Individual Contributor Role as an LLM Scientist
🧠 26:04 – Understanding LLM Personality
🎯 30:07 – Objective Functions in LLMs
🆕 34:08 – Emerging AI Models
📄 40:51 – How to Read Research Papers Effectively
🗺 45:26 – Roadmap to Becoming an LLM Scientist (Key Section ⭐)
🔎 54:15 – Deep Dive: Understanding the Attention Mechanism
🖼 01:15:33 – Roadmap for a Multi-Modal AI Scientist
📊 01:17:12 – Optimizing Your AI Career Path
💼 01:19:38 – AI Job Market Insights
📖 01:21:50 – Must-Read Books for AI Enthusiasts
💡 01:22:41 – Expert Career Advice
⚡ 01:24:07 – Rapid-Fire Round