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Consumer vs Server-Grade Hardware and why you can't do Business-Grade work with the formerIn any market or industry, quality work at scale requires purpose-built
high-performance tools.
In a previous article (The Eight Challenges You'll Face With On-Premise
Artificial Intelligence
[https://amalgam.ai/posts/the-eight-challenges-youll-face-with-on-premise-artificial-intelligence/]
), we promised to cover this topic more in-depth in a separate post. Well, we
like to keep our promises, so here we are.
It turns out that 3 of the Challenges we listed (Servers, Networking, and
Storage) ar
Adriano MarquesJune 02, 2021
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Consumer vs Server-Grade Hardware and why you can't do Business-Grade work with the formerIn any market or industry, quality work at scale requires purpose-built
high-performance tools.
In a previous article (The Eight Challenges You'll Face With On-Premise
Artificial Intelligence
[https://amalgam.ai/posts/the-eight-challenges-youll-face-with-on-premise-artificial-intelligence/]
), we promised to cover this topic more in-depth in a separate post. Well, we
like to keep our promises, so here we are.
It turns out that 3 of the Challenges we listed (Servers, Networking, and
Storage) ar
Adriano MarquesJune 02, 2021
The Art of Hiring Data ScientistsThe amount of companies hiring out Data Scientists thinking that they're going
to come in, wave a wand and solve all problems with AI is appalling. This is not
good for the industry, the companies, or the Data Scientists. Disrupting an
industry takes a lot more than hiring a couple of Data Scientists and handing
them a wishlist. Solving real problems with Artificial Intelligence requires
experience across several technical domains that start with the hardware and
ends with the production model,
Adriano MarquesFebruary 09, 2021
Adopting Quantum Computing in 2021Interesting take on adopting Quantum Computing in 2021, but I still think that
there is a lot to overcome before most companies can actually use Quantum
Computing for problems that really matter. Most people don't know, but Quantum
Computers are a thing already, the problem is that they're not as powerful right
now as we need it to be, and it is very hard to program them and get good
results out of it.
More on this topic here:
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/if-not-then-organizations-should
Adriano MarquesFebruary 09, 2021
Quantum BrainJust read a very interesting article on an intelligent material that re-arranges
itself in response to a learning stimulus. This is very exciting, and I think,
the way to go when it comes to embedding Artificial Intelligence to all things
around us. It also shows how the concept of Artificial Intelligence is a lot
more encompassing than the usual definitions can accommodate.
Here is a cool article explaining how it works:
https://scitechdaily.com/the-first-steps-toward-a-quantum-brain-an-inte
Adriano MarquesFebruary 06, 2021
Is it a good idea to run data centers underwater?There are major infrastructural challenges in running large scale data centers.
One is providing sufficient electric power to keep the facility running. A
datacenter running tens of thousands of servers consumes roughly 10 Megawatts of
power.
Servers not only consume vast amounts of energy, they also generate a lot of
heat.
The air inside a data center will become sweltering unless you cool it down.
Servers cannot function reliably in high temperatures. The cooling solution
needs to be both hi
Adriano MarquesNovember 24, 2020
Deep Learning and the fear of fraudsSoon we might live in a world where one can never be sure that video and voice
recording is real, no matter how realistic it looks and sounds. Deep learning
methods are used with artificial neural networks to create what is known as
deepfakes – visual and audio content that, to the naked eye, looks absolutely
real. The potential uses of deepfakes are limited only by the imagination of
people who have access to the technology required to manufacture them.
As technology advances, the tools for cr
Adriano MarquesNovember 09, 2020
Are you ready for your Neuralink Brain Implant?Human brain consumes incredibly low amounts of energy, has great longevity, and
requires little maintenance. No man-made computing hardware comes even close to
a human brain in these qualities.
Right now, the brain is mostly a black box to us. We know verry little about how
it works. As of yet, scientists have had a limited toolset to study the inner
workings of a human brain. Devices that interface with the brain could help us
better understand it, repair, and possibly improve it.
The most pr
Adriano MarquesOctober 31, 2020
The Current State of Self-Driving TechnologyThe advances of technology in our world have continued to increase and
self-driving cars are the next logical step for our society. This poses a
fundamental question: do we know how safe autonomous vehicles can be?
SAE International is an organization who describes a categorization for "levels
of driving automation". It defines six levels of automation for cars, ranging
from Level 0 (no driving automation) to Level 5 (full automation), transitioning
gradually from "driver support features" to "
Adriano MarquesOctober 30, 2020
AI Infrastructure Alternatives for your BusinessWith cloud offerings becoming more abundant and diverse, cloud infrastructure
seems to offer a much cheaper and simpler alternative to an on-premises data
center. Many organizations, that need Artificial Intelligence to help with
decision-making, problem-solving, etc. face a complicated decision: what is the
best infrastructure deployment for AI workloads?
Generally speaking, there are three possible deployment options. You can run
your AI on-premises in your own datacenter, rent some space at
Adriano MarquesOctober 13, 2020
What Kind of AI Infrastructure is Best for my Business?In this week's Exponential Chats, some of the team members responsible for
Amalgam's development will have a chat about the various infrastructure
alternatives available when it comes to training and deployment of Artificial
Intelligence models. Between Cloud, Colocation, and On-Premise which one would
you say is the best infrastructure for your AI needs? Come join us and
participate by asking questions or giving your opinion in the live chat.
- Adriano Marques is the founder and CEO of Exponen
Adriano MarquesSeptember 30, 2020
The Eight Challenges You'll Face With On-Premise Artificial Intelligence
As glamorous as it is to have your own Artificial Intelligence Optimized
On-Premise Data Center, it doesn't come easy. It is absolutelly true that if
done right it boasts much better performance and much lower costs than resorting
to the cloud or even using co-location to perform your processing workload when
creating AI driven solutions. However, most people are not aware of what really
makes an AI Optimized Data Center and end up building an expensive half-baked
solution that can't perform o
Adriano MarquesSeptember 18, 2020
Is the cloud moving to the sea?In this week's Exponential Chats, some of the team members responsible for
Amalgam's development will have a chat about Microsoft's Project codenamed
Natick which was an attempt of sustainably running a Data Center underwater.
After 2 years of deployment, Microsoft is claiming that their servers were up to
8 times more reliable than their counterparts on land. Is that an indication
that the cloud is actually moving to the sea? Come join us and participate by
asking questions or giving your opini
Adriano MarquesSeptember 16, 2020