Three Ways To Put An AI Agent Into Your IoT System
Scott Gerard
This conversation lays out a practical architecture decision tree for AIoT: start with one agent paired to one device for simple use cases, move to one agent orchestrating many devices once you have more than a handful of sensors or actuators, and graduate to a …
Composite AI
# Composite AI A multiagent system where each hat represents an agent that plays a specific role. Artificial Intelligence is having a moment. Every week there seems to be a new model, a new benchmark, or a new headline declaring that AI can now do …
My Enjoyable Teaching Experience
This past semester, I had the opportunity to teach a graduate level AI course at North Carolina State (thanks Pankaj Telang and Munindar Singh). Both my sister and aunt were professional teachers, so I had some familiarity with that side of teaching. Many years ago, …
AIoT: There’s More to AI than Just GenAI
AI is much bigger than just Generative AI. While GenAI does have applications for AIoT (AI for IoT), there are many other AI technologies that are also needed for AIoT. I discuss these topics in my Knowledge Reactor presentation at the AI4 conference in Las …
The Under-Performance of IoT
Pete Warden just wrote an interesting article Why has the Internet of Things Failed? He points to devices with minimal user interfaces and the proliferation of phone apps, high networking costs for battery powered devices, and questionable value propositions. I disagree that IoT has failed, …
Dr. Gerard speaks on AIoT at AI4 Summit in Las Vegas
AIoT: There’s more to AI than just GenAI Too many people are overlooking the value of (non-generative) AI for Internet of Things (IoT). Integrating AI and IoT—known as AIoT—leads to intelligent systems that enhance efficiency and innovation across sectors. AI encompasses a much broader spectrum …
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Today, June 15th, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It is a day for all of us to help protect our family’s elders. My aunt is 94 years old and lives about 800 miles from me. Driving over simply isn’t possible for day-to-day issues. Her …
“List of 20” For Creativity
I got a lot of comments on my recent short video about my “List of 20” for creating ideas. Here, I want to expand on the idea and give an example. You first write down the topic or question you want to address at the …
Irrational Exuberance in AI
In 1996, Alan Greenspan said “How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions … ? And how do we factor that assessment into monetary policy?” Investopedia summarizes the evolution of the term …
What are AIoT “Venues”?
AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) systems are special. They have unique characteristics that make them different than many other kinds of AI-based systems. I’m starting a series of blog posts to examine those characteristics. The name of the sequence is “The V’s” since all of …
