World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

You are not an AI developer

Zan Markan

Building custom AI models from scratch is usually a futile exercise. True innovation happens when grounded software engineers treat off-the-shelf AI frameworks as composable building blocks.

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#1 about 4 min

Artificial intelligence representations in popular culture and science fiction

How classic science fiction movies explore human-like attributes and unpredictable behaviors in artificial intelligence.

#2 about 1 min

Building local first data synchronization across transport meshes

Creating offline peer-to-peer applications by syncing data locally without cloud dependencies.

#3 about 5 min

Managing determinism and non-determinism in software development workflows

Why traditional code is inherently reproducible despite the unpredictable nature of real-world user behavior and infrastructure.

#4 about 3 min

Rule inference and logic generation in machine learning models

How machine learning infers rules from training data rather than relying on programmer-defined specific business logic.

#5 about 3 min

Integrating language models into broader established software ecosystems

Why newly trained large language models must be integrated into a broader software architecture to deliver concrete value.

#6 about 4 min

Compute barriers and costs of training custom language models

Immense compute requirements and resource costs make training language models unfeasible for most individual software developers.

#7 about 5 min

Enhancing user experiences with existing artificial intelligence interfaces

Leveraging existing application programming interfaces to add non-deterministic interactions and improve user engagement within current products.

#8 about 2 min

Applying core engineering principles to non-deterministic tooling contexts

Focusing on application maintainability, testing, and system deployment when introducing non-deterministic functional elements into stable engineering practices.

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