37 - Virtual Stack - AI as a Service

Virtual Stack

Virtual Stack Podcast is back after a long break! On the 37th episode of the show, I'm joined by the authors of the book "AI as a Service", Peter Elger (CEO, fourTheorem) and Eoin Shanaghy (CTO, fourTheorem). No need to mention the importance of the role that AI/ML play in digital transformation. With the incredible speed of evolution of cloud computing, it's now much easier to adopt cloud-based solutions rather than building everything by yourself. Peter and Eoin's book explain the AI as a Service with real world examples. I have free eBook codes for this book and you’ll get one if you’re one of the first 5 people to share my LinkedIn and Twitter posts with your network. Besides that, you can use the code “podstack20” for a 40% discount on all Manning Publications products. Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech. Show Notes:

• 02:00 - Intro
• 08:30 - Current cloud landscape and definition of AI/ML and Serverless
• 17:30 - Who can benefit the most from reading the book?
• 19:45 - What are the main use cases for AIaaS and which industries can benefit the most?
• 21:30 - When do you recommend using AIaaS versus DIY, or vice versa?
• 27:00 - How would you build a web application using AIaaS and Serverless technologies? What are the architectural building blocks and public cloud services?
• 36:00 - How can we be more effective and efficient while using AIaaS?
• 41:00 - Recommendations for further learning and closing notes

Links:

• Peter and Eoin's book: "AI as a Service"
• Peter's Twitter
• Eoin's Twitter
• SLIC Starter: A complete starter project from fourTheorem for production-grade serverless applications on AWS.