Nitya Narasimhan, PhD 🗽

The average cost of a Big Mac in the United States is approximately $5.15.

The federal minimum wage is $7.25.

That is absurd.

One more reason I am working on something that explores ideas in ai generated content for pragmatic devs

Omg you look beautiful!! Congratulations to you both and my very best wishes to a long happy life together

Maybe it’s a me thing - but the more I see AI based tools for creative content generation (e.g doodling) the more I want to start a channel where I just livestream myself doing sketchnote comics while listening to reggaeton on my headphones! I hope there’s always room for the edge cases 😁❤️

63 studies!

Begs the question- when do we stop studying and apply lessons learned? SMH

TMW you get in a train and see a Llama and the word Monday and all you can think about is

“We need to explore Meta models on a future episode”

IYKYK

#ModelMondays
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Belated happy IWD day to you too!

The best way to improve your writing is not always to write more. It's often to reread more.

Instead of just enjoying the content, study the form. Pay attention to how your favorite authors set up ideas, structure paragraphs, and shape sentences.

Role models elevate art.

Nitya Narasimhan, PhD on LinkedIn: #microsoftaitour #bengaluru #microsoftaitour #bengaluru #azureaifoundry… So excited to be speaking at #MicrosoftAITour in #Bengaluru. Join me for a advanced hands-on workshop that will teach you how to build a RAG-based retail…

I’ll be in Bengaluru India for #MicrosoftAITour - will you be there? Learn more at the link!

Excited to be back in namma Lori after a while - looking forward to visiting familiar places and meeting the community ❤️

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What a difference a few hours makes - so long Toronto and thanks for all the conversations and community ❤️

Seriously- am forever inspired by the work @wattenberger.com does to reimagine user experience with tech

And last but not least the folks who showed up for both my workshop sessions and stayed up to the very end - you are why I do this! Thanks for the questions, the conversation and the community ❤️ Happy #MicrosoftAITour day!

And always a joy to visit the Community booth - ask Betsy about the MVP program and Alicia about Microsoft Reactor Toronto. great to meet MVPs in person ❤️

The hub was still open - two booths that I found useful to visit.

Are you an entrepreneur? Check out the Microsoft For Startups booth, ask about Founders Hub!

Are you a learner- talk to Erik at the Microsoft Learn booth to learn about resources & certifications

Currently proctoring a full house for WRk551 workshop teaching you to build an multi-agent creative assistant application using Azure OpenAI

Also had a chance to explore the Hub area and hope to help out more later! These 4 topics are top of mind for AI engineers so stop by and talk to the experts there:

Azure AI Foundry
Azure AI Content Safety
Azure AI Agent Service
Azure Open AI Service

#MSAITour

Got a chance to check out the ‘Make a postcard with Trustworthy AI’ booth before the crowds file in. A great use of AI to create an image of you based on your personalized prompt with Microsoft Designer.

Let me say that it did a good enough job that you will recognize me by the outfit at least 😁

Listening to Alysa Taylor set the stage for keynote by identifying the three major shifts that moved the industry before- mobile, internet and cloud

And now the shift to AI with the Copilot ecosystem as your AI powered companion

Copilot = UI for AI
Human + Copilot + Agents

Me + AI + Automation

Packed room for the keynote at MSAITour - going to keep this thread open to share interesting things I hear or learn today

I’ll walk you through the steps to build a custom retail copilot for first on Azure AI Foundry- and give you a sandbox that you can take back home and revisit on your own to explore optional ideas or dive deeper into the details behind the development!

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As an illustrator myself this large visual story was the perfect welcome to the Toronto Metro Convention center where the #MSAITour kicks off today!

Join us for a packed day of labs, talks, hub demos and discussion- all kicking off with a keynote this morning! Fine me for 2X lab sessions 12-3:30pm

Are you a #Duolingo learner? It’s the #2024YearInReview and I wrote about the stat I am proudest of here - and why

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👋🏼 been a fan for ages but met IRl at WriteSpeakCode in SF. And yes reconnecting my network here is a slow process but finding it a great way to recall the how, why, where

Also finding myself dealing with the paradox of wanting to restore that feeling of connectedness on this network - while also dealing with the inner voice that says ‘how do we know this time will last?’

I am excited though - gives us a chance to rediscover the long tail of past networks

Also good morning Toronto!! Here for the Microsoft AI Tour where I will be delivering two lab sessions on building RAG based copilots code-first on Azure AI Foundry.

It’s an advanced lab that has evolved over nearly a year with thousands of devs skilled. The best part? Conversations with community!

If you are interested in Microsoft technology this is a good resource to discover relevant people here on BlueSky

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TMW you are on a 2hr call training some trainers and find out everyone has gone to sleep at home. But someone (a 16yo) has been busy getting things ready for Thanksgiving day 👀

Nitya Narasimhan, PhD on LinkedIn: #msignite #msignite #msftadvocate #sketchthedocs #visualizeit #markmaps… Finally getting around to actually checking out the #MSIgnite Book Of News 2024. And there's a lot. You can read the document…

Want to catch up on #MSIgnite? The Book of News is the way to go! But if you’re like me, the large text document is overwhelming.

I like to see the big picture - it starts with a mark map. Learn more: 👇🏼👇🏼

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I first moved to Chicago over two decades ago - and one of the images that remains in my mind to this day is the sculptures that dot the downtown area - there’s a Picasso somewhere but Alexander Calder’s Flamingo will forever be my favorite! It’s grace forged with a steely backbone! Had to stop by!

Oh it was - and for the day before a conference it was super busy!! Are you here too?