We rebuilt our whole platform around LLMs: Sylvain Perron, CEO, Botpress

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Sylvian Perron joins us as he shares just how they rebuilt there whole platform around LLMs

Sometimes, once in a while, a technology emerges that changes things. This is what Botpress CEO, Sylvian Perron thought when he discovered large language models. So much so, that he completely rebuilt the Botpress conversational AI platform to be LLM-first.

Join us in this conversation to learn why this decision was made, what was involved in pivoting like this, what the current solution looks like and why it’s different.

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00:00 Introduction and presenting Unparsed event. Get 50% off early bird tickets by using the promo code VUXWORLD – https://unparsedconf.com/
04:00 Welcome Sylvain
10:05 Changing limitations
14:56 Open book showing what Botpress can be
18:12 Describing Botpress
21:33 Process of fine tuning
25:01 Key learnings while transitioning to an LLM first platform
32:12 Specific processes to be enhanced by LLMs
39:46 Accuracy and consistency in model performance
45:00 Advice to other businesses
51:29
57:57 Technology readiness
1:01:14 Risks of job loses or better for humans
1:08:30 Humans going ‘extinct’
1:15:14 Outro
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