Visualising AI Embeddings in APEX

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" To deal with hyper-planes in a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it."     - Geoffrey Hinton , 2018 Turing Award winner. Within the wonderful world of  Generative AI , one concept that is all the rage is RAG, or  Retrieval Augmented Generation , which is an  AI framework that combines the strengths of traditional information retrieval systems (such as databases) with the capabilities of generative large language models (LLM s) . RAG's goal is to improve the accuracy, relevance, and timeliness of information  generation  - such as  documents, text and images -  by optimizing LLM output.  When creating a RAG system, it’s essential to store information in a format that a LLM can retrieve. This is where  data is converted into embeddings through a process that uses pre-trained m
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Well Fancy that!

I came across a jQuery plugin called FancyBox for creating nice "floating" overlay windows, which I have incorporated into my online store demo.  Just click on the product name and it will display the details in a modal window. 

It doesn't currently work in IE 6, although I'm not sure about later versions, so you're best viewing it in FF.

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Joel R. Kallman said…
Very nice demonstration, not only of Fancy Box, but of plug-ins in APEX 4.0. I really like your demonstration application. Well done!
10 February 2010 at 14:27
Paul Brookes said…
Thanks Joel,

I really appreciate it.

I think plugins (and dynamic actions) for Apex 4.0 are going to be a revelation, making the development of feature rich applications so much easier.

As for the application, once I have the core functionality sorted, I plan to revamp the design to give it a more "funky" (for want of a better word) look and feel.
10 February 2010 at 15:23
Rory said…
Very cool Paul. I'm enjoying watching the Online Store grow!

Look forward to the funkiness too!
11 February 2010 at 15:58
Paul Brookes said…
Thanks Will,

Appreciate that.

Payl.
12 February 2010 at 07:28
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