GenAI for Engineers Class

Code and material for the class "Introduction to GenAI for Engineers"

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1	Explore Embeddings
2	What are Vector Databases?
3	RAG From Scratch
4	Haystack Basics
5	Haystack RAG
6	Guardrails
7	Observability
8	Function Calling
9	Agents
10	Agents for Income Statement Analysis

The slides for this class are available on Canva, kindly powered by xtream.

Note

The project uses Python 3.10 for compatibility with Colab.

Install Poetry, following the official docs: https://python-poetry.org/docs/#installation
Run:

poetry install

It is highly recommended to use nbstripout to avoid pushing the output of jupyter notebooks. Install it with:

pre-commit install

This class was created by the AI team at xtream, with contributions from:

The material in this repository was used in classes and seminars taught at:

And was the base for the following talks and workshops:

Embeddings, Transformers, RLHF: Three Key Ideas to Understand ChatGPT, AI Conf, 2024, Milan, Italy
How to Build Your Own GPT, AMLD, 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland
Embeddings, Transformers, RLHF: Three Key Ideas to Understand ChatGPT, PyCon IT, 2024, Florence, Italy
Beyond ChatGPT: RAG and Fine-Tuning, University of Pavia, 2024, Pavia, Italy
Embeddings, Transformers, RLHF: Three Key Ideas to Understand ChatGPT, BI Digital, 2023, Biella, Italy
Embeddings, Transformers, RLHF: Three Key Ideas to Understand ChatGPT, SIIAM Congress, 2023, Rome, Italy