What does Generative AI Even Mean?
Scott Gerard
With the emergence of Large Language Models, the term “Generative” has exploded in popularity. But what does “Generative” even mean? How do you use it properly? What is non-generative? Generative: ML models can also take in any kind of input (structured, semi-structured, unstructured), and they …
The Need for Trustworthy AI
There is lots of chatter about AI’s existential threats, but I don’t believe we are near that. But we do need to get serious about the risks posed by our AI technologies. While we have time. We must continue to push to make AI Trustworthy. …
The Physics of Sentience
@Susan Hasty shared this AMAZING video with me. It’s breadth made my head explode. (And @Phil Tetlow, your head will be toast too). It bridges from the completely computer science topic of (Bayesian) Probabilistic Graphical Models and Markov Blankets, through entropy from physics, through a …
Over-hyped AI and Under-hyped AI
AI has always been hyped. And GenAI is currently at the peak of the Gartner’s Technology Hype Cycle for 2023. Different AI topics receive different levels of hype. So, what is the most over-hyped AI topic, and what is the most under-hyped AI topic? Over-hyped …
Two Types of Business AI and ML Use Cases
When I talk to clients, they often struggle greatly and waste a lot of time trying to identify valuable business use cases they want to pursue. For many, this is because “AI” and “ML” are big, nebulous concepts that they can’t get their arms around. …
Fractional Data Scientist
I’m excited to be working with @Kate Lewis and @Thomas Mirc at @Fractional Talent. I add Fractional AI, ML, AIoT and Data Science deep skills to their bench of experts. …
AIoT: Analyze Your IoT Data
Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have been around for a long time, and the number of IoT applications continues to grow rapidly, from Smart Homes to Smart Buildings to Smart Cities and beyond. With the tremendous volumes of data generated by the exploding number of …
Bytes of Brilliance with Dr. Scott Gerard: Generative AI and ChatGPT
Carsten Krause and I had an interesting discussion about Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI (GenAI) and a little about AIoT. We talk about business value and use cases for LLM, the problems with LLM hallucinations, AGI, AI hype, and a bunch of other topics. …
Podcast on Benefits and Challenges with ChatGPT
It was great talking with Carsten Krause, MBA on his Bytes of Brilliance podcast recently. In the latest episode of CDO TIMES podcast, Bytes of Brilliance, I had the pleasure of speaking with Scott Gerard from Knowledge Reactor.ai. Our discussion centered around how ChatGPT and generative AI are …
AI4 2023
I recently attended the AI4 2023 conference in Las Vegas. There were MANY discussions and presentations about Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). But there was also a major theme in the keynotes around AI governance, including aligning AI with business-specific values, data engineering, …
