Improving AI Apps: A New Way to Use Language Models

You know how AI apps, like chatbots or virtual assistants, often use language models to understand and respond to us? Well, these apps usually communicate with these models one step at a time, which can be inefficient. Think of it like trying to have a conversation by sending one text message at a time – it's slow and doesn't give the full picture.Now, imagine if these AI apps could talk to the language models in a smarter way, showing the whole conversation at once. That's what a system called Parrot does. It introduces something called Semantic Variables, which basically tag important parts of the conversation. This helps the language models understand the whole task better, making the AI apps faster and more efficient. Researchers tested Parrot with real-life tasks and found it can make AI apps up to ten times faster. Isn't that cool? It's like upgrading from dial-up internet to high-speed broadband.