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From Words to Data: Using LLMs to Turn Questions into SQL

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Claims that LLMs convert natural language to SQL in seconds, replacing hours or days, and demonstrates this end-to-end with a Jaffle Shop demo that actually runs generated queries. Uses dbt semantic layer to supply table/metric definitions, tests with ChatGPT and shows hallucination drops, scales via retrieval-augmented generation to avoid huge prompts, and orchestrates retriever/generator/executor/narrator agents. Presenter cites a claimed 15% change in returning-user metric as an example of surprising business impact.

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  1. 0:00AI-powered data questions
  2. 2:38LLM limitations without data
  3. 5:30Semantic layers with DBT
  4. 8:23SQL with semantic context
  5. 10:07Scaling with retrieval augmented generation
  6. 11:57SQL generation system
  7. 12:40Benefits for teams
  8. 13:24Future of conversational analytics
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