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AI can learn to use tools 👀

AI can learn to use tools 👀

on its own, via APIs

Anita Kirkovska
February 13, 2023

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Language Models can learn to use tools 😶

Let's start with a quick 101 on Language Models (LMs):

Large LMs -> best at performing new tasks with a few text instructions.

Small LMs -> best at basic functionalities like math and fact checks.

This new model can learn (by itself) how to use external tools to achieve the best of both worlds 🤯

Enter, ToolFormer.🚪

Toolformer is a language model that learns how to use different tools such as search engines, calculators, and translation systems via simple API calls.

It knows which API to call, when to call them, what parameters to pass, and how to best incorporate the results in the output.

See the Q&A and math examples below 👇🏻

The best part:

The model is self-supervised (it learns by itself, without needing a lot of examples to train on) + it doesn’t require modifications to existing language architectures to work.

AI-powered keyboard & assistant ⌨️

There is an AI app for just about everything.

But the tools are scattered across use cases and devices. It's hard to keep up.

That's where Elephas comes in.

With Elephas, you'll have *one* AI assistant for all your Apple devices and apps.

GDocs, Linkedin, Gmail, Outlook, Messages; you can use it everywhere.

So, instead of jumping between tabs to use different tools, you can use the power of OpenAI from one place.👇🏻

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