Understanding AI? With the buzz around Artificial Intelligence (AI) louder than ever right now, it’s easy to feel confused and overwhelmed. To help you navigate this complex landscape, we’re here clear up a few points about AI, what it means for you, and how you can leverage our expertise to get started – or decide if it’s the right move for your business.
What is AI and Why Should You Care?
When we talk about AI, we’re referring to complex AI systems, particularly Generative AI (GenAI), also known as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). But what exactly does it do?
How GenAI Works
Generative AI uses complex algorithms and statistical models to analyze vast amounts of data, identify patterns, and make decisions or predictions. Here’s a breakdown:
- Learning from Data: Often called Large Language Models (LLMs), these models are trained on extensive datasets. The more data they process, the better they become at understanding and generating human-like text.
- Neural Networks: These mimic the human brain by using interconnected layers of nodes to process information. This allows AI to learn complex representations and improve its accuracy.
- Supervised, Unsupervised and Semi-supervised Learning: Depending on the availability of labeled data, AI systems can be trained in different ways to achieve desired outcomes.
- Reinforcement Learning: This technique allows AI to learn through trial and error, improving over time by receiving feedback on its actions.
The Power (and Limitations) of Tools like ChatGPT
You’ve probably heard of tools like ChatGPT – an incredible and partially-free resource that leverages billions of internet articles to answer your questions in a coherent, article-like format. ChatGPT can help you:
- Write or rewrite content
- Extract and summarize information from the internet
- Generate ideas or bullet points for your projects
While these tools are extremely useful, they do have their limitations:
- Data Privacy Concerns: Anything you share with public LLMs like ChatGPT could be ingested into their databases and potentially used in the future.
- Quality Control: Public LLMs can be influenced by other users’ data, leading to confusion and even “hallucinations” – a technical term for when the AI generates inaccurate or nonsensical responses.
The Solution: Private LLMs
If data privacy and control are priorities for your business, the answer is a Private LLM. We’re currently working with ChatGPT Enterprise Private LLMs, AWS Bedrock (Amazon’s AI platform) and third-party options like Claude to create secure, customized AI models for our clients.
Our Expertise: A Blend of Old and New
While the spotlight is on GenAI, let’s not overlook Narrow AI – a field where we have decades of experience. Narrow AI involves human-controlled rules engines, cascade-based communication tools, monitoring systems, and decision engines. These tools are vital in ensuring that systems, business tools, and even e-commerce platforms operate smoothly and scale appropriately.
Though not as advanced as GenAI, Narrow AI forms a crucial foundation that has been reliably serving our clients for years.
Why Choose Us?
Understanding AI can be daunting. It’s still an emerging field for many businesses. For this reason, we offer Proof of Concept (PoC) projects to demonstrate its potential for your business. Our goal is to make AI accessible and affordable.
At GlobalizeMe, we’re more than just an AI service provider. As an AWS Consulting Partner and Reseller (Solution Provider) and experienced application development provider, we work with clients across various sectors, including law enforcement, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing, both directly and as a subcontractor to digital agencies. We’re also ISO27001 accredited, which means we take your security seriously. We’re embracing AI, but we’re doing so cautiously to ensure it truly benefits our clients.
Let’s Talk About AI
We’re here to help you make informed decisions about AI. Whether you’re excited about the possibilities or cautious about the risks, we’re ready for a friendly chat. Contact us to explore how AI can work for you – and how we can help you avoid potential pitfalls.