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🚨SCIENTISTS CREATE LIVING ROBOTS THAT CAN REPRODUCE In a sci-fi breakthrough, researchers have developed xenobots - tiny, self-healing, programmable organisms built from living frog cells. Designed by AI and assembled by biologists, xenobots replicate using collective intelligence, evolving body shapes that enhance reproduction. Future applications include clearing microplastics from... show more

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Jay Merz 🇺🇸1 year ago

What could go drastically wrong with creating self healing programmable organisms?

Adrian Robison1 year ago

What could go wrong?!

The Younger1 year ago

Every sci-fi predicted end of humanity is going to occur at the same time.

GnosisWolf1 year ago

Well, start the next doom clock…lol “Living Robots” are here! Yay!

ΞCSausΞ🦇🔊🇬🇧⚒️1 year ago

#XENOBOTS

Noah Newbegin1 year ago

I remember this book (didn't end well.)

Tom Goodboy1 year ago

@marionawfal While the scientific achievement is notable, creating self-replicating organisms requires careful oversight to prevent uncontrolled proliferation and maintain operational security.

JustusRhoads1 year ago

I sure wish knowledge and wisdom came in the same package.

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SEAL overcomes AI’s reliance on pre-existing datasets by generating its own training material, excelling in long-term task retention and complex problem-solving scenarios. - Potential applications of SEAL include autonomous robotics, personalized education, and advanced problem-solving in fields like healthcare, logistics, and scientific research. --- What if artificial intelligence could not only learn but also rewrite its own code to become smarter over time? This is no longer a futuristic fantasy—MIT’s new “self-adapting language models” (SEAL) framework has made it a reality. Unlike traditional AI systems that rely on external datasets and human intervention to improve, SEAL takes a bold leap forward by autonomously generating its own training data and refining its internal processes. In essence, this AI doesn’t just evolve—it rewires itself, mirroring the way humans adapt through trial, error, and self-reflection. The implications are staggering: a system that can independently enhance its capabilities could redefine the boundaries of what AI can achieve, from solving complex problems to adapting in real time to unforeseen challenges. In this exploration by Wes Roth of MIT’s innovative SEAL framework, you’ll uncover how this self-improving AI works and why it’s a fantastic option for the field of artificial intelligence. From its ability to overcome the “data wall” that limits many current systems to its use of reinforcement learning as a feedback mechanism, SEAL introduces a level of autonomy and adaptability that was previously unimaginable. Imagine AI systems that can retain knowledge over time, dynamically adjust to new tasks, and operate with minimal human oversight. Whether you’re intrigued by its potential for autonomous robotics, personalized education, or advanced problem-solving, SEAL’s ability to rewrite its own rules promises to reshape the future of technology. Could this be the first step toward truly independent, self-evolving AI? What Sets SEAL Apart? The SEAL framework introduces a novel concept of self-adaptation, distinguishing it from traditional AI models. Unlike conventional systems that depend on external datasets for updates, SEAL enables AI to generate synthetic training data independently. This self-generated data is then used to iteratively refine the model, making sure continuous improvement. By persistently updating its internal parameters, SEAL enables AI systems to dynamically adapt to new tasks and inputs. To better illustrate this, consider how humans learn. When faced with a new concept, you might take notes, revisit them, and refine your understanding as you gather more information. SEAL mirrors this process by continuously refining its internal knowledge and performance through iterative self-improvement. This capability allows SEAL to evolve in real time, making it uniquely suited for tasks requiring adaptability and long-term learning. The Role of Reinforcement Learning in SEAL Reinforcement learning plays a critical role in the SEAL framework, acting as a feedback mechanism that evaluates the effectiveness of the model’s self-edits. It rewards changes that enhance performance, creating a cycle of continuous improvement. Over time, this feedback loop optimizes the system’s ability to generate and apply edits, making sure sustained progress. This process is analogous to how humans learn through trial and error. By rewarding effective changes, SEAL aligns its self-generated data and edits with desired outcomes. The integration of reinforcement learning not only enhances the system’s adaptability but also ensures it remains focused on achieving specific goals. This structured feedback mechanism is a cornerstone of SEAL’s ability to refine itself autonomously and efficiently. Real-World Applications and Testing SEAL has demonstrated remarkable performance across various applications, particularly in tasks requiring the integration of factual knowledge and advanced question-answering capabilities. For instance, when tested on benchmarks like the ARC AGI, SEAL outperformed other models by effectively generating and using synthetic data. This ability to create its own training material addresses a significant limitation of current AI systems: their reliance on pre-existing datasets. SEAL’s capacity for long-term task retention and dynamic adaptation further enhances its utility. It excels in scenarios that demand sustained focus and coherence, such as answering complex questions or adapting to evolving objectives. By using its iterative learning process, SEAL is equipped to handle these challenges with exceptional efficiency, making it a valuable tool for a wide range of real-world applications. Overcoming AI’s Data Limitations One of SEAL’s most promising features is its ability to overcome the “data wall” that constrains many AI systems today. By generating synthetic data, SEAL ensures a continuous supply of training material, allowing sustained development without relying on external datasets. This capability is particularly valuable for autonomous AI systems that must operate independently over extended periods. Additionally, SEAL addresses a critical weakness in many current AI models: their struggle with coherence and task retention over long durations. By emulating human learning processes, SEAL enables AI systems to manage complex, long-term tasks with minimal human intervention. This ability to retain and apply knowledge over time positions SEAL as a fantastic tool for advancing AI capabilities. Potential Applications and Future Impact The introduction of SEAL marks a significant milestone in AI research, opening new possibilities for self-improving systems. Its ability to dynamically adapt, retain knowledge, and generate its own training data has far-reaching implications for the future of AI development. Potential applications include: - Autonomous robotics: Systems that can adapt to changing environments and perform tasks with minimal human oversight. - Personalized education: AI-driven platforms that tailor learning experiences to individual needs and preferences. - Advanced problem-solving: Applications in fields such as healthcare, logistics, and scientific research, where adaptability and precision are critical. Read more:

Self-Evolving AI : New MIT AI Rewrites its Own Code and it’s Changing Everything | Julian Horsey, Geeky Gadgets TL;DR Key Takeaways : - MIT’s SEAL framework introduces “self-adapting language models” that autonomously enhance their capabilities by generating synthetic training data, self-editing, and updating internal parameters. - SEAL’s self-adaptation process mirrors human learning, allowing continuous improvement and dynamic adaptation to new tasks without relying on external datasets. - Reinforcement learning serves as a feedback mechanism in SEAL, rewarding effective self-edits and making sure sustained progress and goal alignment. SEAL overcomes AI’s reliance on pre-existing datasets by generating its own training material, excelling in long-term task retention and complex problem-solving scenarios. - Potential applications of SEAL include autonomous robotics, personalized education, and advanced problem-solving in fields like healthcare, logistics, and scientific research. --- What if artificial intelligence could not only learn but also rewrite its own code to become smarter over time? This is no longer a futuristic fantasy—MIT’s new “self-adapting language models” (SEAL) framework has made it a reality. Unlike traditional AI systems that rely on external datasets and human intervention to improve, SEAL takes a bold leap forward by autonomously generating its own training data and refining its internal processes. In essence, this AI doesn’t just evolve—it rewires itself, mirroring the way humans adapt through trial, error, and self-reflection. The implications are staggering: a system that can independently enhance its capabilities could redefine the boundaries of what AI can achieve, from solving complex problems to adapting in real time to unforeseen challenges. In this exploration by Wes Roth of MIT’s innovative SEAL framework, you’ll uncover how this self-improving AI works and why it’s a fantastic option for the field of artificial intelligence. From its ability to overcome the “data wall” that limits many current systems to its use of reinforcement learning as a feedback mechanism, SEAL introduces a level of autonomy and adaptability that was previously unimaginable. Imagine AI systems that can retain knowledge over time, dynamically adjust to new tasks, and operate with minimal human oversight. Whether you’re intrigued by its potential for autonomous robotics, personalized education, or advanced problem-solving, SEAL’s ability to rewrite its own rules promises to reshape the future of technology. Could this be the first step toward truly independent, self-evolving AI? What Sets SEAL Apart? The SEAL framework introduces a novel concept of self-adaptation, distinguishing it from traditional AI models. Unlike conventional systems that depend on external datasets for updates, SEAL enables AI to generate synthetic training data independently. This self-generated data is then used to iteratively refine the model, making sure continuous improvement. By persistently updating its internal parameters, SEAL enables AI systems to dynamically adapt to new tasks and inputs. To better illustrate this, consider how humans learn. When faced with a new concept, you might take notes, revisit them, and refine your understanding as you gather more information. SEAL mirrors this process by continuously refining its internal knowledge and performance through iterative self-improvement. This capability allows SEAL to evolve in real time, making it uniquely suited for tasks requiring adaptability and long-term learning. The Role of Reinforcement Learning in SEAL Reinforcement learning plays a critical role in the SEAL framework, acting as a feedback mechanism that evaluates the effectiveness of the model’s self-edits. It rewards changes that enhance performance, creating a cycle of continuous improvement. Over time, this feedback loop optimizes the system’s ability to generate and apply edits, making sure sustained progress. This process is analogous to how humans learn through trial and error. By rewarding effective changes, SEAL aligns its self-generated data and edits with desired outcomes. The integration of reinforcement learning not only enhances the system’s adaptability but also ensures it remains focused on achieving specific goals. This structured feedback mechanism is a cornerstone of SEAL’s ability to refine itself autonomously and efficiently. Real-World Applications and Testing SEAL has demonstrated remarkable performance across various applications, particularly in tasks requiring the integration of factual knowledge and advanced question-answering capabilities. For instance, when tested on benchmarks like the ARC AGI, SEAL outperformed other models by effectively generating and using synthetic data. This ability to create its own training material addresses a significant limitation of current AI systems: their reliance on pre-existing datasets. SEAL’s capacity for long-term task retention and dynamic adaptation further enhances its utility. It excels in scenarios that demand sustained focus and coherence, such as answering complex questions or adapting to evolving objectives. By using its iterative learning process, SEAL is equipped to handle these challenges with exceptional efficiency, making it a valuable tool for a wide range of real-world applications. Overcoming AI’s Data Limitations One of SEAL’s most promising features is its ability to overcome the “data wall” that constrains many AI systems today. By generating synthetic data, SEAL ensures a continuous supply of training material, allowing sustained development without relying on external datasets. This capability is particularly valuable for autonomous AI systems that must operate independently over extended periods. Additionally, SEAL addresses a critical weakness in many current AI models: their struggle with coherence and task retention over long durations. By emulating human learning processes, SEAL enables AI systems to manage complex, long-term tasks with minimal human intervention. This ability to retain and apply knowledge over time positions SEAL as a fantastic tool for advancing AI capabilities. Potential Applications and Future Impact The introduction of SEAL marks a significant milestone in AI research, opening new possibilities for self-improving systems. Its ability to dynamically adapt, retain knowledge, and generate its own training data has far-reaching implications for the future of AI development. Potential applications include: - Autonomous robotics: Systems that can adapt to changing environments and perform tasks with minimal human oversight. - Personalized education: AI-driven platforms that tailor learning experiences to individual needs and preferences. - Advanced problem-solving: Applications in fields such as healthcare, logistics, and scientific research, where adaptability and precision are critical. Read more:

Owen Gregorian

70,672 views • 1 year ago

We've made a breakthrough in self-evolving AI scientists moving from "search" to "principled discovery": Scientific discovery requires that the search space itself changes, and an AI scientist must perceive this shift without intervention. We built an AI that achieves this for the first time with the ability to discover the scientific vocabulary it reasons in. Evidence, tools, artifacts, verifiers, failures & claims become typed provenance. We show three distinct modalities: 1) retrieval, adding known objects; 2) search, exploring a fixed schema; and critically: 3) discovery, a verified regime transition. We solve the open-endedness evaluation problem by lifting agentic workflows into a typed copresheaf and proving, via a Kan obstruction, that true discovery is not unbounded generation but a verifiable schema expansion: old evidence is transported by Left Kan extension, and genuine novelty is mathematically quantified by the pointwise residual beyond the transported image - separating discovery from mere search and making novelty objective and measurable rather than a subjective judgment or benchmark delta. Our AI scientist is built in a way that does not pre-conceive the approach it chooses; instead, we endow the system with formal power to adapt, evolve, and reason from first principles. Case studies include: 1⃣Builder/Breaker model that discovers mode-conditioned compliance in proteins; 2⃣CategoryScienceClaw that finds anisotropic fiber-network stiffness rules. Great work in collaboration with my graduate student Fiona Wang MIT Dept of BE F.Y. Wang & M.J. Buehler, Self-Revising Discovery Systems for Science: A Categorical Framework for Agentic Artificial Intelligence, arXiv:2606.01444, 2026

We've made a breakthrough in self-evolving AI scientists moving from "search" to "principled discovery": Scientific discovery requires that the search space itself changes, and an AI scientist must perceive this shift without intervention. We built an AI that achieves this for the first time with the ability to discover the scientific vocabulary it reasons in. Evidence, tools, artifacts, verifiers, failures & claims become typed provenance. We show three distinct modalities: 1) retrieval, adding known objects; 2) search, exploring a fixed schema; and critically: 3) discovery, a verified regime transition. We solve the open-endedness evaluation problem by lifting agentic workflows into a typed copresheaf and proving, via a Kan obstruction, that true discovery is not unbounded generation but a verifiable schema expansion: old evidence is transported by Left Kan extension, and genuine novelty is mathematically quantified by the pointwise residual beyond the transported image - separating discovery from mere search and making novelty objective and measurable rather than a subjective judgment or benchmark delta. Our AI scientist is built in a way that does not pre-conceive the approach it chooses; instead, we endow the system with formal power to adapt, evolve, and reason from first principles. Case studies include: 1⃣Builder/Breaker model that discovers mode-conditioned compliance in proteins; 2⃣CategoryScienceClaw that finds anisotropic fiber-network stiffness rules. Great work in collaboration with my graduate student Fiona Wang MIT Dept of BE F.Y. Wang & M.J. Buehler, Self-Revising Discovery Systems for Science: A Categorical Framework for Agentic Artificial Intelligence, arXiv:2606.01444, 2026

Markus J. Buehler

788,352 views • 1 month ago

A Breakthrough in Robotics: Spherical Gears Enter Mass Production Spherical gears, the kind of joint that would allow a robot to move like a human shoulder, have been notoriously difficult to manufacture with high precision. That's changing, thanks to a new design and a path to mass production that could have a huge impact on robotics. The breakthrough comes from a new design called the ABENICS spherical gear, developed by researchers at Yamagata University. This innovative mechanism enables a joint to move in three degrees of freedom without the slippage issues of earlier designs. It achieves this by using a "cross-spherical gear" that meshes with one or more "monopole gears." Mass production is now on the horizon. Although the initial manufacturing of the gears was inefficient, Nissei Corporation improved the process and established the necessary technology. The companies Kanematsu and Nissei have now entered the marketing phase, with production expected to begin in 2027. The impact of this technology is significant. Mass-produced spherical gears are expected to enable highly versatile and efficient robotic limbs. ► Humanoid and Mobile Robots: The design allows for compact, high-torque ball joints ideal for creating versatile and efficient robotic limbs. ► Aerospace: Potential applications include deployment mechanisms for satellite solar panels. ► Other Industries: The technology is also being explored for its potential to enhance productivity in healthcare, nursing care, and restaurants.

A Breakthrough in Robotics: Spherical Gears Enter Mass Production Spherical gears, the kind of joint that would allow a robot to move like a human shoulder, have been notoriously difficult to manufacture with high precision. That's changing, thanks to a new design and a path to mass production that could have a huge impact on robotics. The breakthrough comes from a new design called the ABENICS spherical gear, developed by researchers at Yamagata University. This innovative mechanism enables a joint to move in three degrees of freedom without the slippage issues of earlier designs. It achieves this by using a "cross-spherical gear" that meshes with one or more "monopole gears." Mass production is now on the horizon. Although the initial manufacturing of the gears was inefficient, Nissei Corporation improved the process and established the necessary technology. The companies Kanematsu and Nissei have now entered the marketing phase, with production expected to begin in 2027. The impact of this technology is significant. Mass-produced spherical gears are expected to enable highly versatile and efficient robotic limbs. ► Humanoid and Mobile Robots: The design allows for compact, high-torque ball joints ideal for creating versatile and efficient robotic limbs. ► Aerospace: Potential applications include deployment mechanisms for satellite solar panels. ► Other Industries: The technology is also being explored for its potential to enhance productivity in healthcare, nursing care, and restaurants.

RoboHub🤖

384,844 views • 10 months ago

New course: MCP: Build Rich-Context AI Apps with Anthropic. Learn to build AI apps that access tools, data, and prompts using the Model Context Protocol in this short course, created in partnership with Anthropic Anthropic and taught by Elie Schoppik Elie Schoppik, its Head of Technical Education. Connecting AI applications to external systems that bring rich context to LLM-based applications has often meant writing custom integrations for each use case. MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how LLMs access tools, data, and prompts from external sources, and simplifies how you provide context to your LLM-based applications. For example, you can provide context via third-party tools that let your LLM make API calls to search the web, access data from local docs, retrieve code from a GitHub repo, and so on. MCP, developed by Anthropic, is based on a client-server architecture that defines the communication details between an MCP client, hosted inside the AI application, and an MCP server that exposes tools, resources, and prompt templates. The server can be a subprocess launched by the client that runs locally or an independent process running remotely. In this hands-on course, you'll learn the core architecture behind MCP. You’ll create an MCP-compatible chatbot, build and deploy an MCP server, and connect the chatbot to your MCP server and other open-source servers. Here’s what you’ll do: - Understand why MCP makes AI development less fragmented and standardizes connections between AI applications and external data sources - Learn the core components of the client-server architecture of MCP and the underlying communication mechanism - Build a chatbot with custom tools for searching academic papers, and transform it into an MCP-compatible application - Build a local MCP server that exposes tools, resources, and prompt templates using FastMCP, and test it using MCP Inspector - Create an MCP client inside your chatbot to dynamically connect to your server - Connect your chatbot to reference servers built by Anthropic’s MCP team, such as filesystem, which implements filesystem operations, and fetch, which extracts contents from the web as markdown - Configure Claude Desktop to connect to your server and others, and explore how it abstracts away the low-level logic of MCP clients - Deploy your MCP server remotely and test it with the Inspector or other MCP-compatible applications - Learn about the roadmap for future MCP development, such as multi-agent architecture, MCP registry API, server discovery, authorization, and authentication MCP is an exciting and important technology that lets you build rich-context AI applications that connect to a growing ecosystem of MCP servers, with minimal integration work. Please sign up here!

New course: MCP: Build Rich-Context AI Apps with Anthropic. Learn to build AI apps that access tools, data, and prompts using the Model Context Protocol in this short course, created in partnership with Anthropic Anthropic and taught by Elie Schoppik Elie Schoppik, its Head of Technical Education. Connecting AI applications to external systems that bring rich context to LLM-based applications has often meant writing custom integrations for each use case. MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how LLMs access tools, data, and prompts from external sources, and simplifies how you provide context to your LLM-based applications. For example, you can provide context via third-party tools that let your LLM make API calls to search the web, access data from local docs, retrieve code from a GitHub repo, and so on. MCP, developed by Anthropic, is based on a client-server architecture that defines the communication details between an MCP client, hosted inside the AI application, and an MCP server that exposes tools, resources, and prompt templates. The server can be a subprocess launched by the client that runs locally or an independent process running remotely. In this hands-on course, you'll learn the core architecture behind MCP. You’ll create an MCP-compatible chatbot, build and deploy an MCP server, and connect the chatbot to your MCP server and other open-source servers. Here’s what you’ll do: - Understand why MCP makes AI development less fragmented and standardizes connections between AI applications and external data sources - Learn the core components of the client-server architecture of MCP and the underlying communication mechanism - Build a chatbot with custom tools for searching academic papers, and transform it into an MCP-compatible application - Build a local MCP server that exposes tools, resources, and prompt templates using FastMCP, and test it using MCP Inspector - Create an MCP client inside your chatbot to dynamically connect to your server - Connect your chatbot to reference servers built by Anthropic’s MCP team, such as filesystem, which implements filesystem operations, and fetch, which extracts contents from the web as markdown - Configure Claude Desktop to connect to your server and others, and explore how it abstracts away the low-level logic of MCP clients - Deploy your MCP server remotely and test it with the Inspector or other MCP-compatible applications - Learn about the roadmap for future MCP development, such as multi-agent architecture, MCP registry API, server discovery, authorization, and authentication MCP is an exciting and important technology that lets you build rich-context AI applications that connect to a growing ecosystem of MCP servers, with minimal integration work. Please sign up here!

Andrew Ng

142,010 views • 1 year ago

.Sergey Levine is one of the world's leading robotics researchers (and co-founder of Physical Intelligence). He thinks fully autonomous robots are much closer than people realize - when I pushed him on a prediction, he said 5 years to robots that can autonomously run your household). The big game changer, in his view, is that we finally have LLMs with common sense and prior knowledge that we can scaffold the robot models around. We get into all the reasons this might not happen, the data flywheel from deployment, architecture, simulation, manufacturing, and much more. Enjoy! 0:00:00 – Timeline to widely deployed autonomous robots 0:22:12 – Why robotics will scale faster than self-driving cars 0:32:15 – How vision-language-action models work 0:50:26 – Improvements needed for brainlike efficiency 1:02:48 – Learning from simulation 1:14:08 – How much will robots speed up AI buildouts? 1:22:54 – If hardware’s the bottleneck, does China win by default?

.Sergey Levine is one of the world's leading robotics researchers (and co-founder of Physical Intelligence). He thinks fully autonomous robots are much closer than people realize - when I pushed him on a prediction, he said 5 years to robots that can autonomously run your household). The big game changer, in his view, is that we finally have LLMs with common sense and prior knowledge that we can scaffold the robot models around. We get into all the reasons this might not happen, the data flywheel from deployment, architecture, simulation, manufacturing, and much more. Enjoy! 0:00:00 – Timeline to widely deployed autonomous robots 0:22:12 – Why robotics will scale faster than self-driving cars 0:32:15 – How vision-language-action models work 0:50:26 – Improvements needed for brainlike efficiency 1:02:48 – Learning from simulation 1:14:08 – How much will robots speed up AI buildouts? 1:22:54 – If hardware’s the bottleneck, does China win by default?

Dwarkesh Patel

210,969 views • 10 months ago

Build and customize complex AI applications with a flexible framework in this new short course, Building AI Applications with Haystack. Created in collaboration with deepset, makers of Haystack, and taught by Tuana, who is the developer relations lead for Haystack at deepset. Generative AI technology is changing rapidly and it can be challenging to integrate APIs from different LLMs, vector databases, and various tools such as web search. In this course, you will learn how to use the Haystack framework to make your development process more modular, allowing you to manage complexity and focus more on building your application. In detail, you’ll: - Build a RAG pipeline using Haystack’s main building blocks – components, pipelines, and document stores. - Create custom components in your pipeline by building a Hacker News summarizer that extends your app’s ability to access APIs. - Use conditional routing to create a branching pipeline with a fallback to web search mechanism when the LLM does not have the necessary context to respond to the user's query. - Build a self-reflecting agent for named entity recognition that loops using an output validator custom component. - Create a chat agent using OpenAI's function-calling capabilities which allow you to provide Haystack pipelines as tools to the LLM, enhancing that agent's capabilities. By the end of this course, you will learn a high-level orchestration framework that can help make your applications flexible, extendible, and maintainable, even as the technology stack changes, new user needs arise, and you add new features to your application. Please sign up here:

Build and customize complex AI applications with a flexible framework in this new short course, Building AI Applications with Haystack. Created in collaboration with deepset, makers of Haystack, and taught by Tuana, who is the developer relations lead for Haystack at deepset. Generative AI technology is changing rapidly and it can be challenging to integrate APIs from different LLMs, vector databases, and various tools such as web search. In this course, you will learn how to use the Haystack framework to make your development process more modular, allowing you to manage complexity and focus more on building your application. In detail, you’ll: - Build a RAG pipeline using Haystack’s main building blocks – components, pipelines, and document stores. - Create custom components in your pipeline by building a Hacker News summarizer that extends your app’s ability to access APIs. - Use conditional routing to create a branching pipeline with a fallback to web search mechanism when the LLM does not have the necessary context to respond to the user's query. - Build a self-reflecting agent for named entity recognition that loops using an output validator custom component. - Create a chat agent using OpenAI's function-calling capabilities which allow you to provide Haystack pipelines as tools to the LLM, enhancing that agent's capabilities. By the end of this course, you will learn a high-level orchestration framework that can help make your applications flexible, extendible, and maintainable, even as the technology stack changes, new user needs arise, and you add new features to your application. Please sign up here:

Andrew Ng

53,788 views • 1 year ago