The FastAI Book - for Elixir

This is a port, of sorts, of the amazing FastAI Book written by Jeremy Howard and Sylvain Gugger. The original work from them can be found here:

https://github.com/fastai/fastbook

This version of the book is intended to be an introduction to AI using the same lessons found in the original book but translated to use Elixir code instead of Python.

As part of that transition we will also move from Jupyter Notebooks to Elixir's Livebooks.

Expectations

This is intended to follow the original work as closely as possible but I expect that there will be many areas where Elixir does not have the same capabilities as the very mature Python+ML/AI stacks.

Therefore there will be gaps in the content and the reader is encouraged to also look at the original work.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Elixir
• Livebook — install with mix escript.install hex livebook

Setup

just setup

This installs dependencies, creates your .env file, and configures git hooks.

Run just doctor to verify your environment is ready.

Up and Running

Run the whole book

just livebook-start

Run a specific chapter

just livebook-ch1

Run any livebook file directly

just livebook book/01_intro.livemd

Run just to see all available commands.