FYI - For Your Innovation An Artificial Intelligence Conversation with Andrew Ng
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Aug 8, 2024 
In a thought-provoking conversation, Andrew Ng, a leading figure in artificial intelligence with notable contributions through Google Brain and Coursera, discusses the transformative power of AI in business. He addresses the challenges of deploying AI systems in corporate environments and the critical shift towards open-source technologies. Ng explores agentic systems and their potential, debunking myths about AI hitting a wall. He emphasizes how partnerships between AI experts and industry leaders can drive innovation across sectors like healthcare and finance.
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Untapped AI Potential
- Current AI capabilities exceed deployments, promising productivity gains.
- Andrew Ng is surprised by claims of AI hitting a wall, citing architectural and hardware advancements.
Agentic Workflows
- Agentic workflows, similar to iterative human processes, improve AI accuracy.
- Faster inference, driven by better chips, is key to unlocking agentic workflow potential.
Robust AI Agents
- Andrew Ng's simple AI agent demonstrated robustness by switching to Wikipedia when web search failed.
- Agentic workflows allow AI to reflect, critique, and fix errors, improving their performance.