Laying the Foundation for AI with AWS's Dr. Sherry Marcus

Episode Summary:In this episode, Maribel Lopez discusses generative AI with Dr. Sherry Marcus, the Director of Generative AI Sciences at Amazon Web Services. Her insights into the artificial intelligence needs of businesses gives her a unique perspective on the future of generative AI. Learn about the concept of agents in AI, why customers are moving toward the use of multiple models, and the ways AI might evolve in the future.Key Themes:Maribel and Sherry begin their conversation by discussing Amazon Bedrock, which is Amazon’s AI building service. The technology allows AWS customers to create their own AI models by offering choices of foundational models that can be customized.Next, Sherry and Maribel discuss AI agents. In AI, Agents can retrieve real-time data to assist LLMs in providing information they cannot access in their training data. They also discuss how customers are currently using artificial intelligence, and why there is a shift away from specific modes and toward using multiple models for different use cases.Dr. Sherry Marcus also explains how customers have historically used RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) to answer questions, and how that technology is evolving. Last, she explains why companies are using synthetic data to train their models, her predictions for the future of AI, and her favorite primer on AI.Read What Is Chat GPT Doing… and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfham: https://www.amazon.com/What-ChatGPT-Doing-Does-Work/dp/1579550819 Follow Dr. Sherry Marcus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-marcus-ph-d-4a4110/ Learn more about AWS: http://aws.amazon.com/ Visit Maribel Lopez’s Website: https://www.lopezresearch.com/ Follow Maribel Lopez on X/Twitter: https://x.com/maribellopez Subscribe to Maribel Lopez on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaribelLopezResearch Follow Maribel Lopez on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maribellopez/ STAY CONNECTEDSubscribe to the AI with Maribel Lopez audio podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1947446Subscribe to my LinkedIn newsletter — AI Decoded with Maribel Lopez: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/ai-decoded-with-maribel-lopez-7312533413582827520/Lopez Research blog: https://www.lopezresearch.com/research/Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribellopez/Follow me on X: https://x.com/MaribelLopez