Top 16 Charlie Munger Quotes: Fish Where the Fish Are
In this article, I’ve compiled the 16 greatest quotes by Charlie Munger. I’ve consumed hundreds of hours of video material and myriads of quotes. These are the ones that I found most helpful to help Finxters stay on the right side of change. 👇 Life’s Challenges and Opportunities #1 – “Life’s Series of Opportunity Costs” … Read more
The Return of Mass Unemployment – Intelligent AI Bots, Expensive Capital, and Recession
Alien technology (=LLMs) promises an insane amount of efficiency and cost-effectiveness but brings a daunting shadow – the displacement of millions of jobs: AI’s ability to automate complex tasks, ranging from programming to design, significantly reduces the need for human labor in “legacy” job domains. This shift is not just limited to manual or routine … Read more
OpenAI JSON Mode & DALL·E 3 Seeds (Examples)
🔗 This article originally appeared on the Finxter Academy for premium members (including course lesson video). Check out the video course here. All right, welcome back to part 2, where we’re going to be looking at JSON mode and seeds. ✅ This will allow us to use only a part of function calls. Namely, when … Read more
OpenAI Parallel Function Calling (WeatherGPT Example)
Welcome to part 1 of the course! My name is Dirk van Meerveld and I will be your host and guide for this series in which we will be exploring all the new features of the OpenAI APIs and what we can do with them. To get started, we’re going to be looking at the … Read more
Tech Investors Arbitrage Negativity Bias
The future is bright. Yet, negativity bias is a well-documented phenomenon in cognitive science: As a result, third-party input data flowing into your brain is biased towards negativity. From LLM training, we know what happens with input data biases – they become output biases ingrained in the neural nets. But any bias is dangerous: “What gets … Read more
Is There a WordPress Shortcut to Format Selected Text as Inline Code?
Question ⚡ Problem Formulation: If you’re a coder writing articles on WordPress, you often have to make selected text inline_code. The standard approach is to select the text, click the small “v” symbol to expand the formatting options, and choose “Inline code” from the dropdown menu. But this is cumbersome if you have large amounts … Read more
BlockAGI – Getting Started
BlockAGI is an open-source research agent inspired by AutoGPT and designed for self-hosting. You can use it for iterative, domain-specific research. Initially, they focused on cryptocurrency (that’s where the name part Block comes from). But the project has grown beyond that and is applicable to many fields because it can generate detailed narrative reports, for … Read more
GPT-5? OpenAi’s New Q* (Q-Star) Explained For Beginners
First, we know very little about Q* or Q Star, and the little we know (publicly) draws from multiple sources and involves a lot of speculation, so take everything in this article with a grain of salt. With this disclaimer out of the way, let’s dive right in: Where Does the Name Q* (Q-Star) Come … Read more
Python Argparse Module – Command Line Arguments Made Easy
The argparse module in Python is designed for writing user-friendly command-line interfaces. It allows the programmer to define the expected arguments, helping the program to automatically generate help and usage messages and to issue errors when users give the program invalid arguments. For example, a programmer might use argparse to create a script for resizing … Read more
Finance Gurus: Be Average, Ignore Your Tech Insights, and Buy ETFs – Is This How You Get Wealthy?
The traditional investment advice, as given by Jessica from DataTrek Research, may suit a cautious, long-term investor. Here’s the traditionalist’s pitch for a sound and safe investment strategy: Prioritize low-risk, diversified investments like ETFs tracking major indices, avoid speculative options and volatile cryptocurrencies, focus on steady long-term growth through dollar-cost averaging, $50 per month for … Read more
Midjourney vs ChatGPT: Reverse Engineering Sam Altman’s $27-Million Mansion in San Francisco
This article aims to compare the reverse prompting capabilities of GPT-4V versus Midjourney. As a running example, we’ll use pics of a beautiful mansion in San Francisco. As a fun fact, sources like this and this say this is indeed Sam Altman’s house. Altman’s Mansion 🔗 Original image. First, I passed this image into ChatGPT … Read more
(Fixed) Python SyntaxError Unexpected Token ‘ ‘
A SyntaxError: Unexpected Token ‘ ‘ in Python typically occurs when the Python interpreter encounters a piece of code that has an unexpected space character in a place where Python doesn’t expect it. Python’s “unexpected token ‘ ‘” error typically results from mistakes in your code’s structure or incorrect use of parentheses, braces, or other … Read more
Bitcoin Dominance – Are Shitcoins Really Shit Coins? 💩
The purpose of the graph is to visually represent and compare the historical performance of Bitcoin with other major cryptocurrencies since their inception, particularly focusing on how these cryptocurrencies have performed relative to Bitcoin from the year they entered the top five in market capitalization. By adjusting the starting values of each cryptocurrency to align … Read more
Introducing FinxterGPT — Your State-of-the-Art Learning Experience at Finxter Academy
As I strolled down memory lane today, my mind wandered back to my university days. Those were times of sitting on crowded lecture hall floors, straining to follow along as professors delved into complex theoretical computer science, for instance. Within minutes, many of us were lost in a sea of jargon, our understanding dwindling with … Read more
(Fixed) Python TypeError: String Indices Must Be Integers
Problem Formulation In Python, the “TypeError: string indices must be integers” error typically occurs when a string type object is accessed with non-integer indices. This error often arises in situations involving data structures like lists and dictionaries. Understanding the Error & Code Example This error signifies that the code attempts to index a string using … Read more
Yahoo-Fin: Fetching Historical Stock Data with Python’s Yahoo Finance API
This guide provides an easy-to-understand foundation for beginners and intermediate users to leverage the Yahoo Finance API with Python for financial data analysis. Yahoo Finance API offers a wealth of financial data, from stock prices and market trends to currency exchange rates. This guide will introduce you to using the Yahoo Finance API yahoo_fin with … Read more
10 Best Ways to Create a Pandas Series
To create a Pandas Series for different data types, start by importing the Pandas library in Python using import pandas as pd. Then, create a Series object by using pd.Series(data), where data can be a list, array, or dictionary containing elements of various data types like integers, strings, or floats. Finally, you can specify the … Read more
4 Best Python WinSound Alternatives for Linux
winsound is a Python module specifically designed for Windows, and it is not available on Linux systems. This is because it relies on the Windows API for sound playback, which doesn’t exist on Linux. For Linux, you’ll need to use alternative libraries for playing sound. Here are a few options along with the commands to … Read more
GPT Store Disruption – The Next Foundational Platform Will Dwarf Today’s Big Tech Monopolies
In tech disruptions, the real game-changer isn’t always the invention itself but how it’s used. Take Uber and Airbnb, for example. These aren’t just apps; they’re entire ecosystems that reshaped how we travel and stay, built upon the foundational platform of Apple’s App Store. Now, we’re at the brink of a similar revolution, this time … Read more
Embedding Your GPT in a Website
🧑💻 Question: I want to integrate a (custom) GPT model into my website to enhance its interactive features with AI-driven capabilities. How do I achieve this while ensuring the AI functions effectively within the web environment and aligns with my site’s design and functionality? How do I ensure real-time responses, contextually relevant interactions, and an … Read more
Parsing Excel Sheets into Text Files and Lists with Python
Python provides robust tools for handling Excel files, and this article will guide you through the process of parsing Excel sheets into different formats using Python. To parse Excel sheets into text files and lists in Python, use the pandas library. Install pandas and openpyxl, then read the Excel file with pd.read_excel(). Convert the DataFrame … Read more
Is AI Sentient? I Made a Coffee Break Python GPT, and This Happened 🤯
I just completed this fun puzzle creator GPT that tracks your Elo skills and challenges you with Python puzzles in the style of the Finxter app. It tracks your skills while you progress through subsequently more challenging Python puzzles. 🔗🧑💻 Try It Yourself: Coffee Break Python GPT (Finxter Original) You can try it yourself; it’s … Read more
Matplotlib Colors: A Comprehensive Guide for Effective Visualization
Here’s a minimal example of using colors in Matplotlib. This example creates a simple line plot with a specified color: In this minimal code example, plt.plot(x, y, color=’red’) creates a line plot of x versus y, with the line color set to red. You can replace ‘red’ with other color names like ‘blue’, ‘green’, etc., … Read more
Pip Install Upgrade: A Concise Guide to Update Your Python Packages
To upgrade all packages with pip, use the command pip list –outdated to first list all outdated packages, and then pip install –upgrade package-name for each package to upgrade them individually. There isn’t a built-in pip command to upgrade all packages simultaneously, as this can sometimes lead to dependency conflicts. Understanding Pip and Upgrade Pip … Read more
Python IndentationError: Unexpected Indent (Easy Fix)
Let’s start by example — here’s an example of both correct and incorrect indentation in Python, demonstrating a common indentation error. ✅ Good Example (Correct Indentation): In this example, the indentation is consistent. Each block of code inside the function greet is indented by four spaces, which is a standard convention in Python. This makes … Read more
OpenAI Text-to-Speech (TTS) – I Tried the Top Ten Languages with 10 Amazing Speech Samples
Let’s check out OpenAI’s fantastic Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology. I was blown away when I first heard these voices; they sound so incredibly human, it’s almost hard to believe! It’s like having a friendly chat in different languages, all thanks to OpenAI’s amazing speech-generation skills in the world’s top ten languages. I used the following code: … Read more
21 Most Profitable Programming Languages in 2024
This article shows you the most profitable programming languages in the world. I compiled the average income of all programming languages and sorted them in a descending manner in the following table: Job Description Annual Average Income Erlang Developer $138,000 Haskell Developer $126,000 Go Developer $124,000 Scala Developer $119,000 Python Developer $114,000 Solidity Developer $107,000 … Read more
10 Best Tech Blogs: Your Ultimate Guide for 2024
Overview of Top Tech Blogs As a tech enthusiast, staying up-to-date with the latest developments in the IT and technology world is essential. Here, we present a brief overview of some top tech blogs you can follow to inform yourself about the latest tech news. The Verge is an excellent choice for those interested in … Read more
Top 7 OpenAI Competitors That Pay Multiple Six Figures
The landscape of AI technology is rapidly evolving, with several companies emerging as key competitors to OpenAI. Each of these competitors brings unique strengths and approaches to the field, challenging OpenAI’s dominance in various ways. What are some good companies, apart from OpenAI, to work for and participate in the growth of the AI industry? … Read more
How to Retrieve Method Names in Python?
Whether you’re debugging, logging, or working on introspection tasks, knowing how to extract a method’s name programmatically can be quite handy. This blog post will explore how to accomplish this in Python. Method 1: Introspection 🧑💻 Introspection in Python refers to the ability of a program to examine the type or properties of an object … Read more
Top 7 GPTs Created by Finxters
GPTs are versions of ChatGPT enhanced with additional data, APIs, or custom contexts and prompts. I believe opening GPTs creation to the community will be as historic as Apple’s creation of the App Store. Just as ordinary coders became millionaires by developing iPhone apps, we might see prompt engineers achieving similar success by creating GPTs … Read more
I Made a Shameless Grok Clone on OpenAI’s GPTs to Create Urgency for xAI
In a recent article, I wrote about xAI’s new large language model, Grok, that is about to launch globally. 👽 “Grok,” a term coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land, refers to understanding something so deeply and completely that it becomes part of oneself. It’s like understanding … Read more
OpenAI’s GPT Builder: A Game Changer for Exponential Entrepreneurs
The digital landscape is on the brink of a revolutionary shift, thanks to OpenAI’s latest offering: the GPT Builder. Anyone can leverage GPT Builder to create personalized AI models and potentially generate significant revenue with the launch of the OpenAI GPT store! Step 1: Accessing GPT Builder To begin with, access to GPT Builder is … Read more
What is Negative Indexing in Python?
In Python, negative indexing lets you count backwards from the end of a list. So, -1 is the last item, -2 is the second to last, and so on. It’s like starting at the end of a line of people and moving backwards to find someone. Negative Indexing for Strings You can index single characters … Read more
Bitcoin vs Gold
Tech Stack: I created this article using the following steps: Listen to the debate in audio: 🎼 Bitcoin is hailed as a modern innovation in value storage, limited to 21 million coins, which echoes gold’s scarcity without the risk of supply increase. Its divisibility and portability surpass that of gold, enabling easier and faster transactions … Read more
Annual Income of Prompt Engineers in the US (ChatGPT)
Programming has just been made accessible to billions via a new skill called “prompting”. 🧑💻 A prompt engineer specializes in crafting inputs that elicit desired outputs from AI systems like ChatGPT. One Reddit user‘s journey from a senior taxonomist to a prompt engineer at a chatbot company showcases the potential for a rewarding career path … Read more
Code Llama 2: Examples and Playground (Try It Yourself)
Try It Yourself You can run the code llama 2 code completion model right here on the Finxter blog: If the embedding doesn’t work for some reason, check out this URL of the Huggingface space. Example Fibonacci I have asked Code Llama 2 to complete my code “def fibonacci(n)” and it did it flawlessly! See … Read more
I Made a Dan Peña GPT with OpenAI and Learned This
Occasionally, I need some tough love. And when I do, I listen to 10 minutes of Dan Peña on YouTube. This always gets the job done. So, in honor of this brutal man, and mostly to try out the new GPTs feature by OpenAI, I have created a Dan Peña GPT … THAT SCREAMS TO … Read more
OpenAI Text to Speech (TTS): Minimal Example in Python
To use OpenAI’s amazing Text-to-Speech (TTS) functionality, first install the openai Python library and obtain an API key from OpenAI. Instantiate an OpenAI client with openai.OpenAI(api_key). Call client.audio.speech.create(model=’tts_1′, voice=’alloy’, input=your_text) to use the ‘alloy’ voice model. This generates speech you can save as an MP3 file using response.stream_to_file(‘your_file.mp3’). First, install the OpenAI library and set … Read more
GPT-4 Turbo: 12 New Incredible Features at a 3x Reduced Price vs GPT-4
In this article, we will explore the incredible developments and improvements made by OpenAI. Numerous breakthroughs have been made in AI capabilities, leading to millions of developers utilizing AI for multifarious use cases. The focus of this article is to discuss these substantial developments in AI and share stories of how users worldwide have benefitted … Read more
OpenAI Wants Us to Create GPTs, i.e., Miniature AI Agent Helpers
GPTs are tailored, customized versions of ChatGPT. Everybody can create their own GPTs and publish them for everybody. The idea is to simplify doing all kinds of tasks. We can teach GPTs just by talking to them in natural language — no coding needed! This is what GPTs look like: And here’s how you can … Read more
Can I Use OpenAI API Commercially? Yes But Know This!
OpenAI API Commercial Use OpenAI has partnered with Microsoft to bring their advanced AI technologies to a broader audience. This collaboration enables businesses to utilize OpenAI’s cutting-edge AI models and services, such as the OpenAI API, for various commercial purposes. The OpenAI API serves as a commercial product, giving you access to their most advanced … Read more
Elon Musk’s xAI Releases a New Humorous LLM Called Grok Based on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
On November 4, 2023, a new AI named Grok was announced by xAI, drawing inspiration from the whimsical universe of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. First things first: why Grok? 💡 Definition Grok: Grok means “to understand”, of course, but Dr. Mahmoud, who might be termed the leading Terran expert on Martians, explains that … Read more
GPT-4’s Hindsight Portfolio for Painfully Obvious Investments Looking Back from 2030 🔮
My goal with Finxter is to help you stay on the right side of change. I firmly believe that in the next decades, you need to be an asset holder and owner rather than just being a worker bee being increasingly replaced by automation. But what investments to hold to be on the right side … Read more
How to Use Winsound in Python?
winsound is a module included in the Python Standard Library, exclusively for Windows users. It is designed to interact with the Windows sound-playing capabilities. The module is readily available, so there’s no need for installation through the command line or a package manager. How to Use Winsound To use winsound in your Python scripts, initiate … Read more
Swap Function in Python: 5 Most Pythonic Ways to Swap
Several methods are available to implement a swap function in Python, including tuple assignment and XOR. Tuple Assignment Swap Method The tuple assignment method creates two tuples with two variables each. The first tuple contains the original variables, while the second one has their exchanged values. Finally, these tuples are “unpacked” into individual variables, effectively … Read more
Prompt Engineering with Llama 2 (Full Course)
💡 This Llama 2 Prompt Engineering course helps you stay on the right side of change. Our course is meticulously designed to provide you with hands-on experience through genuine projects. 🔗 Prompt Engineering with Llama 2: Four Practical Projects using Python, Langchain, and Pinecone You’ll delve into practical applications such as book PDF querying, payroll auditing, and … Read more
Phind: The AI-Powered Search Engine for Developers
🧑💻 Phind.com is a new search engine based on large language models that not only provides relevant search results but also generates relevant answers dynamically using either the Phind or GPT-4 model. It is specifically tailored to coders and also provides coding features like “Pair Programmer” that can help you reach higher levels of efficiency. … Read more
What is the Best Programming Language for Bitcoin?
Bitcoin Core, i.e., the protocol that runs the distributed P2P network, is written in C++. To become a Bitcoin Core developer, you need to learn C++. To create applications or bots that rely on Bitcoin payments, I’d use Python to access the Bitcoin Lightning 2nd layer payment network on top of Bitcoin, that’s cheap, fast, … Read more
State of AI Report 2023: 163 Pages Reduced to 17 Visuals (Executive Summary)
The State of AI Report 2023, encapsulates vital AI advancements in research, industry, and politics. It underscores GPT-4’s triumph, NVIDIA’s ascension to a $1T market cap due to GPU demand, and the proliferating open-source AI community with 32M LLaMa model downloads on Hugging Face in a month. While Chat-GPT emerges as a developer favorite, GenAI’s … Read more
DALL·E 3 Trick: Using Seeds to Recreate the Same Image
Problem Formulation You may have encountered the following: When issuing the same prompt twice to ChatGPT with DALL·E 3, you’ll get different images even though the prompt is identical. How can I recreate the same image in a new Chat, either for myself or for somebody else to reproduce it? Here’s an example in a … Read more
DALL·E 3: Art Professors, Can Machines Truly Not Create Art?
OpenAI’s DALL·E has made impressive progress (Image Credits). Look at one of the first Finxter posts on DALL·E: 🔗 Recommended: I Created My First DALL·E Image in Python OpenAI Using Four Easy Steps Now look at the new DALL·E images: 🔗 Recommended: Chat(GPT) with Images – These Five Prompts Will Impress Your Coworkers All of … Read more
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 RCI and LangChain Expression Language (6/6)
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Welcome back to part 6! In this part, we’re going to look at the LangChain Expression Language (LCEL) for chaining together elements to create an LLM chain that we can run. You’ve seen this syntax briefly in part 1 but we haven’t gone much into it after that. In this part, … Read more
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Understanding Agents and building our own (5/6)
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Hi and welcome back! In this part, we’re going to be building our own custom agent from scratch. So far the whole agent may have seemed a bit magical as it just runs off reasoning back and forth on its own. In this part we’re going to really understand how an … Read more
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Custom Tools (4/6)
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Welcome back to part 4. In this part, we’ll look at giving our agent access to the entire internet. Not just Google or DuckDuckGo or Wikipedia, but the ability to open and read any web address we feed it. Having looked at tools in the previous part, in this part, we’ll … Read more
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Agents and Tools (3/6)
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Welcome back to part 3 where we’ll take a look at LangChain agents. This is where LLMs like ChatGPT start to get really cool and also a bit scary at the same time. We’re going to give the decision-making powers to ChatGPT and let it decide which action it needs to … Read more
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 – Chatting with Large Documents (2/6)
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Welcome back to part two, where we’re going to ‘chat’ with an entire book! We’ll be able to ask a textual question and we’ll receive a textual response based on the information inside the book. Besides being really cool, what are the practical real-world use cases for this? Imagine you’re a … Read more
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Summarizing Long Texts Using LangChain (1/6)
Welcome to this tutorial series on LangChain. My name is Dirk van Meerveld, and it is my pleasure to be your host and guide for this tutorial series! Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 We’re going to be using LangChain to further improve our ChatGPT superpowers and explore more cool ways in which we can put these … Read more
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 Introduction (0/6)
Python LangChain Course 🐍🦜🔗 💡 Note: You can watch the full course video right here on the blog — I’ll embedd the video below each of the other parts as well. If you want the step-by-step course with code and downloadable PDF course certificate to show your employer or freelancing clients. follow this link to … Read more
Python List to 2D Array – The Ultimate Conversion Guide
Python Lists and 2D Arrays Understanding Python Lists Python lists are container data structures that allow you to store and manipulate collections of elements. Lists are created using square brackets [], and you can store any data type within a list, including numbers, strings, and even other lists. Here’s a simple Python list example: To … Read more