AI as a Service – Chris Banyai

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What is the lowest level of service offered by cloud service providers?

Turnkey services (correct)

AI platforms

Solutions

IaaS providers

True or false: All cloud service providers offer the same types of AI services.

False

What is Modin?

A scalable, multi-threaded dataframe (correct)

A pre-trained vision model

A downloadable patch

A force multiplier

What is AI?

A type of computer science Signup and view all the answers

True or false: IaaS providers offer a variety of compute and storage options.

True Signup and view all the answers

What type of hardware and software should be matched for optimal performance and TCO?

IaaS providers Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of AI?

To help humans interact with technology Signup and view all the answers

What is OpenVINO used for?

Optimizing and transforming a model for different devices Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Third-party images and instances are not available for AI work.

False Signup and view all the answers

What type of instances are best for AI work?

Accelerated computing Signup and view all the answers

What does Amazon's Lookout for Vision service provide?

A pre-trained vision model Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the cloud-based AI services available?

AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Signup and view all the answers

What type of 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable instances does AWS offer?

Accelerated computing Signup and view all the answers

True or false: AWS offers a variety of 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable instances that are good for AI work.

False Signup and view all the answers

What is pandas used for?

Data preparation Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the features of CSP AI services?

Pre-trained models, complex tools, and the ability to combine services Signup and view all the answers

What type of services can be used to get AI at the edge?

Specialized hybrid edge services Signup and view all the answers

What does Stock TensorFlow have turned on by default?

Intel accelerations Signup and view all the answers

True or false: You can use a few lines of code to import and load the Habana DL1 accelerator on AWS EC2.

True Signup and view all the answers

How can you import and load the Habana DL1 accelerator on AWS EC2?

By using a few lines of code Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step when using AI services?

Identify the end-to-end business challenge Signup and view all the answers

What type of products are offered at the highest level by CSPs?

Solutions Signup and view all the answers

What type of images and instances are available?

Third-party images and instances Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between AWS and Azure?

AWS offers a wide variety of services for building and deploying AI models, while Azure offers a more flexible and user-friendly platform. Signup and view all the answers

What type of user expertise is required for machine learning development and deployment?

Advanced Signup and view all the answers

What type of services are offered at the mid-level by CSPs?

AI platforms Signup and view all the answers

What type of services are offered at the lowest level by CSPs?

Turnkey services Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the benefits of using AI?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What type of cloud platform is Azure?

Public Signup and view all the answers

What type of services are offered by IaaS providers?

Variety of compute and storage options Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

There are three main categories of AI services offered by cloud service providers: turnkey services, AI platforms, and solutions.
At the lowest level, the user has more control and flexibility over their software and hardware, requiring more expertise.
At the mid-level, the CSP provides AI developer platform tools that allow the user to develop, train, and deploy their own models.
At the highest level, the CSP offers solution-focused products that are targeted at specific industries and common usages.
IaaS providers offer a variety of compute and storage options, which you can select to fit your needs.
You select an image or instance to run your code on, and the AI tools help streamline the process.
Hardware and software must be matched for optimal performance and TCO.
Third-party images and instances are available, but you should consider using optimized software and hardware.
There are a variety of types of cloud instances that can be used for AI work, including compute optimized, general purpose, memory optimized, and accelerated computing instances.
AWS offers a variety of 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable instances that are good for AI work.
You can use a few lines of code to import and load the Habana DL1 accelerator on AWS EC2.

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Test your knowledge of cloud AI services and infrastructure with this quiz covering turnkey services, AI platforms, solutions, IaaS providers, compute and storage options, instance selection, hardware-software matching, cloud instances for AI work, and specific AWS instances for AI tasks.