Guardrails for Agentic AI Systems

Join Logan Kilpatrick and Nolan Fortman for a discussion with Shreya Rajpal that covers the inception and evolution of Guardrails, a tool designed to enhance reliability in AI applications. She emphasizes the importance of AI validation, the challenges of moving from proof of concept to production, and the organizational buy-in required for implementing such tools. The discussion also touches on the role of open source in AI development, the competitive advantages it provides, and the parallels between self-driving technology and AI systems. Shreya shares insights on real-world use cases, the introduction of Guardrail Server, and the future of AI regulation, highlighting the need for benchmarks and the importance of understanding the risks associated with generative AI. A few of our favorite

Sound Bites: "Guardrails started as a form of building reliability." "AI development is very much like traditional software development." "The long tail is brutal in machine learning."