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Generative AI Unboxed: The Models, The Methods, The Future

Mayur Madnani

May 2025

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Who am I?

  • Worked with technology giants such as SAP, Walmart, Intuit, and JioHotstar
  • Technology expert in Software, Data and AI
  • Published research and patent
  • Industry mentor
  • Instructor for Azure Generative Vision AI course: bit.ly/genai-vision
  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mayurmadnani/

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Going Deeper in Generative AI

  • Foundation models
  • Transfer learning
  • Self attention
  • Open vs Closed models
  • Multimodal models and Cross domain generation

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Applications

  • Code Gen: Copilot, Code Interpreter
  • Enterprise LLM use: Document Q&A, Auto-generated reports
  • Image/Video Gen: Design, marketing, media, gaming
  • And many more…

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https://huggingface.co/spaces/stabilityai/stable-diffusion

https://huggingface.co/spaces/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-3-medium

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What kind of input does Stable Diffusion require to generate an image?

  1. Text prompt
  2. Image sketch
  3. Voice input
  4. Tabular data

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https://huggingface.co/spaces/HiDream-ai/HiDream-I1-Dev

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https://huggingface.co/spaces/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-Artifacts

https://huggingface.co/spaces/Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-demo

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https://huggingface.co/spaces/enzostvs/deepsite

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Limitations

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Limitations

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Retrieval-Augmented Generation - RAG

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What does the “retrieval” step in RAG primarily help with?

  1. Making the model faster
  2. Reducing hallucinations by grounding responses in external data
  3. Compressing the model’s weights
  4. Generating longer outputs

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.14688

Expert Identity

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.11916

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.14165

In-context few shots / Chain of Thought

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What is “Chain of Thought” prompting primarily useful for?

  1. Training base models
  2. Improving factual accuracy
  3. Enabling step-by-step reasoning
  4. Translating languages

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https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18600

Chain of Draft

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OpenAI

Gemini

Agents

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Which of the following is the best example of an autonomous AI agent?

  1. A chatbot that answers FAQs
  2. A model that writes essays from prompts
  3. A system that plans a trip and books flights based on preferences
  4. A text classifier

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https://huggingface.co/spaces/openfree/AgentX-Travel

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What’s Next?

Technical Future

  • Current Limitations
  • Scaling Limits
  • Memory + Reasoning
  • RAG + Tools
  • Autonomous Agents

Social & Economical

  • Governance
  • Open-source
  • Job displacement vs augmentation

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Alignment & Safety

  • RLHF limitations
  • Responsible
  • Interpretability and control
  • The alignment tax

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Paradox of Effort

We think that a full effort will be draining, that we ought to save our energy for when we really need it. Yet, more often than not, the opposite is the case. When we really use our full effort toward a central concern that matters deeply to us, we feel more energized—not less.

  • Is Less More?
  • If AI can do it, should I still learn?
  • Am I automating expression?

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Post Session - Question Form

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Thank you

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