Advanced Path
Master AI deployment, policy design, fine-tuning, and optimization. For teams building serious AI systems.
32 guides ยท ~277 minutes total
Model Compression: Smaller, Faster AI
AdvancedCompress AI models with quantization, pruning, and distillation. Deploy faster, cheaper models without sacrificing much accuracy.
7 min read
Quantization and Distillation Deep Dive
AdvancedMaster advanced model compression: quantization-aware training, mixed precision, and distillation strategies for production deployment.
8 min read
Distributed Training for Large Models
AdvancedScale AI training across multiple GPUs and machines. Learn data parallelism, model parallelism, and pipeline parallelism strategies.
8 min read
Advanced RAG Techniques
AdvancedGo beyond basic RAG: hybrid search, reranking, query expansion, HyDE, and multi-hop retrieval for better context quality.
9 min read
Multi-Agent AI Systems
AdvancedBuild AI systems with multiple specialized agents that collaborate, debate, and solve complex tasks together.
7 min read
Prompt Injection Attacks and Defenses
AdvancedAdversaries manipulate AI behavior through prompt injection. Learn attack vectors, detection, and defense strategies.
8 min read
AI Red Teaming: Finding Failures Before Users Do
AdvancedSystematically test AI systems for failures, biases, jailbreaks, and harmful outputs. Build robust AI through adversarial testing.
8 min read
Constitutional AI: Teaching Models to Self-Critique
AdvancedConstitutional AI trains models to follow principles, self-critique, and revise harmful outputs without human feedback on every example.
7 min read
Preference Optimization: DPO and Beyond
AdvancedDirect Preference Optimization (DPO) and variants train models on human preferences without separate reward models. Simpler, more stable than RLHF.
7 min read
Tool Use and Function Calling
AdvancedEnable AI to call APIs, query databases, and use external tools. Build agentic systems that take actions in the world.
8 min read
Advanced AI Evaluation Frameworks
AdvancedBuild comprehensive evaluation systems: automated testing, human-in-the-loop, LLM-as-judge, and continuous monitoring.
8 min read
Synthetic Data Generation for AI Training
AdvancedGenerate training data with AI: create examples, augment datasets, and bootstrap models when real data is scarce or sensitive.
7 min read
Active Learning: Smart Data Labeling
AdvancedReduce labeling costs by intelligently selecting which examples to label. Active learning strategies for efficient model training.
6 min read
Continual Learning: Models That Keep Learning
AdvancedTrain models on new data without forgetting old knowledge. Continual learning strategies for evolving AI systems.
6 min read
Efficient Inference Optimization
AdvancedOptimize AI inference for speed and cost: batching, caching, model serving, KV cache, speculative decoding, and more.
8 min read
Model Interpretability: Understanding AI Decisions
AdvancedUnderstand how AI makes decisions: attention visualization, feature importance, LIME, SHAP, and interpretability techniques.
7 min read
Adversarial Robustness: Defending AI from Attacks
AdvancedHarden AI against adversarial examples, data poisoning, and evasion attacks. Testing and defense strategies.
7 min read
AI Governance Frameworks for Organizations
AdvancedEstablish AI governance: policies, approval processes, risk assessment, and compliance for responsible AI deployment at scale.
8 min read
Enterprise AI Architecture
AdvancedDesign scalable, secure AI infrastructure for enterprises: hybrid deployment, data governance, model management, and integration.
8 min read
MLOps for LLMs
AdvancedApply MLOps practices to LLMs: versioning, CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, and lifecycle management for production AI.
8 min read
Advanced Prompt Optimization
AdvancedSystematically optimize prompts: automated testing, genetic algorithms, prompt compression, and performance tuning.
7 min read
Training Custom Embedding Models
AdvancedFine-tune or train embedding models for your domain. Improve retrieval quality with domain-specific embeddings.
7 min read
AI Policy and Regulation Landscape
AdvancedNavigate AI regulations: EU AI Act, US executive orders, sector-specific rules, and global frameworks. Compliance strategies for organizations.
8 min read
Training Multi-Modal Models
AdvancedTrain models that understand images and text together. Contrastive learning, vision-language pre-training, and alignment techniques.
7 min read
Designing Custom AI Architectures
AdvancedDesign specialized AI architectures for unique problems. When and how to go beyond pre-trained models and build custom solutions.
7 min read
Fine-Tuning vs RAG: Which Should You Use?
IntermediateCompare fine-tuning and RAG to customize AI. Learn when each approach works best, how they differ, and how to combine them.
12 min read
Guardrails & Policy Design for AI
IntermediateDesign policies and guardrails to keep AI safe, compliant, and aligned with your values. Prevent harm, bias, and misuse.
14 min read
Cost & Latency: Making AI Fast and Affordable
AdvancedOptimize AI systems for speed and cost. Techniques for reducing latency, controlling API costs, and scaling efficiently.
13 min read
Evaluations 201: Golden Sets, Rubrics, and Automated Eval
AdvancedBuild rigorous evaluation systems for AI. Create golden datasets, define rubrics, automate testing, and measure improvements.
14 min read
Privacy & PII Basics: Protecting Personal Data in AI
AdvancedHow to handle personally identifiable information (PII) in AI systems. Privacy best practices, compliance, and risk mitigation.
13 min read
Deployment Patterns: Serverless, Edge, and Containers
IntermediateHow to deploy AI systems in production. Compare serverless, edge, container, and self-hosted options.
13 min read
Orchestration Options: LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Beyond
IntermediateFrameworks for building AI workflows. Compare LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack, and custom solutions.
12 min read
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