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Latest Read: Generative AI

Generative AI: Navigating the Course to the Artificial General Intelligence Future by Martin Musiol.

Generative AI: Navigating the Course to the Artificial General Intelligence Future by Martin Musiol

Martin holds a MS in Computational Science and Engineering from Technical University of Munich. Today he is Founder and CEO of Generative AI. He is a former GenAI Lead for EMEA at Infosys Consulting and a former Managing Data Scientist IBM Consulting in Munich.

Martin is delivering a discussion on the current capabilities, future potential, and inner workings of generative artificial intelligence. Readers will explore the short but history of generative artificial intelligence, what has developed so far, and how it will evolve in the future. He analyzes complex and foundational topics in generative AI, breaking them down into straightforward and easy-to-understand pieces.

The explosion of Large Language Models has left many feeling like they are seeing rapid advancements announced so fast that you have to stop everything to just keep reading all the new vendor hype. Many today may actually feel like you are sprinting just to stay in place.

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Latest Read: Thinking With Machines

Thinking With Machines: The Brave New World of AI by Vasant Dhar.

Thinking With Machines: The Brave New World of AI by Vasant Dhar

Vasant holds a BA Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MS and PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Pittsburgh. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley, where he created the Data Mining Group focused on predicting financial markets and customer behavior.

He founded SCT Capital Management, one of the first machine?learning?based, automated hedge funds bringing predictive modeling and AI directly into real?world trading. Today Vasant is a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and also a professor at NYU’s Center for Data Science.

Thinking With Machines is one of the useful books on AI that I have read recently. Vasant is sharing with the reader not just what AI is, but how we can make decisions in today’s world that is now shaped by intelligent machines.

He succeeds delivering a practical guide for anyone trying to figure out when to trust AI—and when not to and insist on human judgment.

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Latest Read: AI First

AI First: The Playbook for a Future-Proof Business and Brand by Adam Brotman and Andy Sack.

AI First: The Playbook for a Future-Proof Business and Brand by Adam Brotman and Andy Sack

Adam holds a BA in Classical Civilizations from UCLA and JD from the University of Washington School of Law. He started his career as a corporate attorney before becoming Starbucks’ first Chief Digital Officer and EVP of Global Retail Operations before departing to become President, Chief Experience Officer, and co?CEO at J.Crew. Andy holds a BA from Brown University and MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Andy co-founded Forum3 with Adam.

They position the book as a strategic manual for organizations embracing artificial intelligence and business. In fact, the book functions as simply promotional of the world’s enthusiasm surrounding AI. The book wants to convince readers that adopting an “AI-first” mindset is non-negotiable for any modern organization.

Rather than educating readers with concrete examples, Adam and Andy leans heavily on name-dropping and aspirational catchphrases.

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Latest Read: LLM-Based Solutions


Large Language Model-Based Solutions: How to Deliver Value with Cost-Effective Generative AI Applications by Shreyas Subramanian.

Large Language Model-Based Solutions: How to Deliver Value with Cost-Effective Generative AI Applications by Shreyas Subramanian

Shreyas holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Wright State University. He is the former Director of Research at Robust Analytics. Today he is Principal Data Scientist at Amazon Web Services.

Here is a good, very practical guide for those who seek to build and deploy cost-effective LLM-based solutions. From selecting a model, pre-and post-processing, prompt engineering, and fine tuning. Shreyas is certainly providing insights for optimizing inference and affordable architectures for typical applications. So today, generative AI value is found at the intersection of performance and cost. Howver organizations must optimize their infrastructure in order to reduce cloud costs.

Shreyas is certainly emphasizing the “biggest” model is not always the best. Model Selection and Foundation should be a wise, smaller approach provides developers to focus on domain-specific models. This requires less computational resources.

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Latest Read: Inside Cyber


Inside Cyber: How AI, 5G, and Quantum Computing Will Transform Privacy and Our Security by Chuck Brooks.

Inside Cyber: How AI, 5G, IoT, and Quantum Computing Will Transform Privacy and Our Security by Chuck Brooks

Chuck holds an MA from the University of Chicago. He serves as President of Brooks Consulting International addressing cybersecurity, emerging technologies and government relations. Chuck also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in the Cyber Risk Management Program. He has briefed the G20 on energy cybersecurity, served on two National Academy of Science Advisory groups and addressed USTRANSCOM on cybersecurity.

Chuck serves on an industry/government Working group for DHS CISA focused on security space systems. Chuck is also a contributor to Forbes, The Washington Post, Dark Reading, Homeland Security Today, and Security Information Watch.

He is providing readers a roadmap for understanding the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” The book serves as a bridge between complex technical advancements and their practical implications for business, government, and individual privacy.

Readers will learn that society is entering a new state of ”cyberflux” where digital and physical (analog) worlds are rapidly converging. This has created new vulnerabilities yet also new opportunities. He reveals AI, 5G, and related tools offer enhanced efficiencies, empowering new business models that offer new innovations across finance, healthcare, transportation, and government. He is focusing on what they do and why they matter rather than jumping into technological formulas or programming code.

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