WTF Are Embeddings? A software engineer’s take
Language: English
The presentation was given on 2025.09.09 at PyCon Israel 2025 - Conference.
Embeddings power AI tools like search and chatbots — but what are they really? This talk explains embeddings in simple terms using Python, with real examples, humor, and no ML background required.
Embeddings are behind the magic of modern AI — powering search, recommendations, and those eerily accurate chatbots. But what are they, really? In this talk, Liza — a regular software engineer, not a data science PhD — breaks it down in plain English using real examples, bad charts, and trusty science-y Python tools. If you’ve ever wondered how words, products, or even bananas become vectors in high-dimensional space, this is your crash course.