OpenAI Function Calling - Full Beginner Tutorial

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[JethiyaChampakGada]

I watched a few tutorials but every one just went through plain code, but this man is exceptional he put in so much effort to make us really understand what is going on

[lordmelbury]

Great that you don't just use the default examples, many channels are guilty of that! I have just subscribed!

[SwingingInTheHood]

"This should put you ahead of most people in understanding how these function calling methods work." I have to give it to you, you did an excellent job breaking it down. I've been working with OpenAI models for 8 months, primarily building a RAG application but also dabbling in Text to SQL. Didn't really understand how functions worked until this video. And I particularly like the fact that you went through the business logic of this thing rather than the programming specific logic. I am a PHP programmer, so seeing the logic flow visually was super-helpful. Great job. Bravo!

[bugglebegger]

I watched 4 or so tutorial videos about functions and they just really didn't explain it well. Best one so far, and I really feel I get it now. Important thing to realize when starting off is that the descriptions are of central importance, you're essentially prompting GPT in the descriptions for how to respond. Functions seem to basically just be a way to format GPTs responses in a much more rigid manner and use their AI in a more controlled way to get the kind of information you want so you can use it how you want.

[maciej.wolosewicz]

Wow, what an incredible video! I've watched countless tutorials and read numerous articles on OpenAI function calling, but your explanation was crystal clear and finally made everything click for me. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in such an understandable and engaging way. You're a lifesaver! Keep up the fantastic work!

[Ray__]

Amazing tutorial! The gradual scaling in complexity really helped me understand the concepts in clear terms. Thanks 😊

[nebinebi]

This is also very useful for having structured data to send to a front end in RAG applications.

[planplay]

I have a question: do I have to write code repeatedly to make LLM respond to the first, second, third, or more responses? can't LLM get the function that should be executed in a prompt at once?

[jag-dtlp]

honestly this is actually 10/10 thanks dude

[sankhachakraborty]

This is a brilliant walkthrough of the concept. Couldn't have asked for a better one. Excellent video Dave!

[lixiasong]

Wow, Dave! This is absolutely awesome! Your talent and dedication are truly inspiring. Thanks a lot for sharing this incredible content with us. This is exactly what I need right now. Keep up the fantastic work, my friend! I'll definitely be eagerly waiting for more amazing videos from you. Kudos to you and your amazing talent!

[frankkuipers]

Thank voor de video man! Heb al een poosje geen openai meer gebruikt maar deze functies zijn wel echt heel interessant

[EmilioGagliardi]

great tutoiral and explanation. thanks! I also want to learn how you use the ipython session to view the contents of your variables, I'm just learning how to use VS Code so that is a really neat feature. Its still so abstract that its hard to wrap your brain around it. but it is what it is :D

[pareak]

The first 10 minutes really helped me a lot!

[hourglass]

Thank you! Good move and idea to be able to call functions and get results for processing with OpenAI. Opens up a lot of doors with integrating LLM to application backends.

[Lexqueso]

Thanks man, i dont understand the documentation from the page, your video helps a lot <3

[robinbreed]

Nice video thank you man. I'll need to dive in some more, its an interesting topic

[arbengb]

Great video. Just came in so clutch for me. Thanks a ton Dave. I appreciate you putting this together.

[brandongillins]

Dave, love your videos best notification of the day, always! Finally got access to GPT-4 api! Let’s go test out some function calling!

[lvterry]

clear explanation of function calling. well done!