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Embeddings & Vector Models

Master the art of embeddings - the numerical representations that power AI. Learn about embedding models, fine-tuning, and choosing the right approach.

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Embeddings & Vector Models

Embeddings are the bridge between human-understandable data (text, images, audio) and machine learning algorithms. They transform data into dense numerical vectors that capture semantic meaning.

What You'll Learn

  • Embedding Basics: How neural networks create vector representations
  • Model Selection: Choosing between OpenAI, Cohere, open-source, and custom models
  • Fine-Tuning: Adapting pre-trained models to your domain
  • Multi-Modal: Combining text, image, and audio embeddings
  • Optimization: Reducing dimensions, improving quality, and managing costs

How Embeddings Work

Input: "artificial intelligence"
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Embedding Model (e.g., text-embedding-3-small)
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Output: [0.023, -0.891, 0.432, ..., -0.124] (1536 dimensions)

Similar concepts produce similar vectors, enabling semantic search and similarity matching.

Popular Embedding Models

Text Embeddings

  • OpenAI: text-embedding-3-small, text-embedding-3-large
  • Cohere: embed-english-v3.0, embed-multilingual-v3.0
  • Open Source: sentence-transformers, E5, BGE

Multi-Modal

  • CLIP: Text and image embeddings
  • ImageBind: Text, image, audio, depth, and more
  • BLIP: Vision-language understanding

Specialized

  • CodeBERT: Code embeddings
  • BioGPT: Medical/biological text
  • Legal-BERT: Legal documents

Key Considerations

  • Dimensionality: Balance between quality (high dims) and speed (low dims)
  • Domain: Generic vs specialized models
  • Cost: API-based vs self-hosted
  • Language: Multilingual vs single-language models
  • Latency: Real-time vs batch processing

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