Tales From The DIB

In this episode, Frank and Jake discuss AI. Hear about how LLMs work from a software perspective, and what kind of future impact AI today will have on the economy, according to Jake. We discuss a recent AI that Jake discovered that is unrestricted in its output and how the DiB reacts to such discoveries. Don't let the hype and misinformation around AI scare you, listen in and learn more about AI's inner workings from someone who uses it and programs with it on a daily basis.

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Frank Muller has a special guest in this episode, introducing Jason Kaufman. Jason is one of Beyond Ordinary's software engineers working on a machine learning application that has real world implications. Join Frank and Jason as Jason goes into the weeds and exposes the nitty gritty details about software development for machine learning and AI. If you ever wanted to level up on your ML jargon, then this episode is the one to start with. 

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With the disruption caused by the DOGE and the further dismantling of federal government agencies, there has been some slow process towards passing a budget. When that budget vote doesn't work out, what happens to your contracting business? If you are a sub contractor, will you get paid even if your prime doesn't get paid? Do you need to stay working for no pay? Join host Frank Muller and guest Jacob Anderson for the discussion on what happens when you no longer are getting paid.

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Bob MacDougall is freshly back from the recent NCMS conference held in Kissimmee, Florida. Bob shares his insight from the conference about current events and briefs from the defense security world. If you are an FSO for your organization, then this conversation is relevant to your job. If you've never been to the NCMS conference, then this conversation might help you to decide on joining the group next year.

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In this episode, Bob and Frank wrap up the FCL process and give some lessons learned over the last 16 months. We've got our FCL and have successfully gone through the process, giving up our secrets and accepting the perpetual evaluation of our personal lives to do fun work with the federal government. Bob gives up some learned and earned knowledge that does not appear on any check lists.

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Today Frank and Jake discuss recent discoveries from a splunk investigation into unusual network traffic. Jake explains how some unusual Chinese IP addresses and domains are being used by Apple and nVidia unbeknownst to users.  Could it be configuration errors that causes the unusual activity from our network? We share some insights about how this could be configuration error, or could be an intentional configuration. 

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Jacob Anderson joins Frank Muller again to discuss artificial intelligence and the evolving world of prompting with conversational intelligence bots.  Frank talks about coercive prompts, hacking bots to elicit illicit responses from the bots. Jake talks about a recent talk given at SXSW where a chatbot was used to create a disinformation campaign against the presenter. 

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Now that you know how to do business with the US Federal government, listen up on how these contracts are created to make you money! Learn about the different instruments used for collecting money from the government, such as the IDIQ or the fixed-fee structure. Adding more acronyms to your alphabet soup, Frank Muller goes into deeper fiscal details about what these different instruments mean for your cash flow and revenue projections. This is the episode that will help you decide what types of contracts you will pursue in your contracting business.

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Have you ever wondered how you would find work with the US federal government? If you've started your business, or are thinking about starting one, then this podcast will help you understand the strategy for finding work that you can bid on with the federal government. This time, Frank Muller and Jacob Anderson go into the details about where to find contracts, where to find people, and what to do when you start your contracting business. 

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A light discussion about how the recent LLM learners work with an explanation of how the "intelligence" in AI works. Frank discusses his experiences using LLMs to answer complex questions and topics that are relevant to today. We talk about consensus, truth, bias, and how it relates to AI performance.

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