Are we in the age of bespoke models? How long will that last? In this conversation, Bill sits down with Jaxon Repp, Field CTO at HarperDB, a globally-distributed edge application platform. They discuss solutions to managing distributed data, customized AI models and bringing the east of cloud to the edge.

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“I think that we are in the age of bespoke models now. But I think like all things, unless you're flying a remote drone armed with missiles, you probably will be able to make do with a model that just handles the basics.”

“There's a lot of upside to still having the horsepower to do the cool things and not necessarily pushing out all the way to the edge.”

“If I can train on a set of averages, some sort of compressed nature, I can dramatically reduce the amount of data that I have. If I can train on summaries as well as I can train on the raw data, then I'm not going to hold on to that raw data for anything other than, you know, super emergency cases.”

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Timestamps:
(01:17) How Jaxon got started in tech and to HarperDB

(07:25) Determining product market fit

(13:18) How do we bring the ease of cloud to the edge?

(18:37) Solutions to distributed data

(25:50) The future importance of bespoke models

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Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting dell.com/edge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.

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Over the Edge is hosted by Bill Pfeifer, and was created by Matt Trifiro and Ian Faison. Executive producers are Matt Trifiro, Ian Faison, Jon Libbey and Kyle Rusca. The show producer is Erin Stenhouse. The audio engineer is Brian Thomas. Additional production support from Elisabeth Plutko.

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How will generative AI impact the factory floor? In this conversation, Bill sits down with Jason Nassar, who is responsible for Dell Technologies’ global strategy for manufacturing edge products and solutions as a Senior Consultant Product Manager. The two dive into the future of generative AI on the factory floor, musing about the role of robots and small language models.

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“I think as the technology improves itself and it's going to happen faster than we think, there will likely be robots and even humanoid robots that are going to be performing tasks that in the past people performed.”

“At the end of the day, these LLMs or large language models, they're best put in the cloud right now, large data centers actually processing this. But this is quickly going to move directly to the edge. And that means that this technology is going to be utilized on the factory floor.”

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Timestamps:
(02:00) How did Jason get started in tech?

(02:40) IT and OT in manufacturing

(06:45) Evolution of customer needs in manufacturing

(20:54) What is possible with traditional AI?

(14:54) The potential of generative AI in manufacturing

(19:00) Hallucinations and human error

(20:50) The future of work and education

(33:32) Robots on the factory floor

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Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting dell.com/edge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.

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Over the Edge is hosted by Bill Pfeifer, and was created by Matt Trifiro and Ian Faison. Executive producers are Matt Trifiro, Ian Faison, Jon Libbey and Kyle Rusca. The show producer is Erin Stenhouse. The audio engineer is Brian Thomas. Additional production support from Elisabeth Plutko.

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What is a mirrored consumer and how can digital twins be used in retail? In this conversation, Bill speaks with Deepak Chaudhary, Lead for Intelligent Edge Solutions at Accenture, where he is focused on driving digital transformation, modernization, and platform development, particularly emphasizing intelligent edge computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence at the edge. Deepak and Bill dive into mirrored consumers, digital twins in the retail space that mimic consumer behavior. They also discuss the complexities of digital transformation and some of the challenges being tackled with edge technologies in retail.

"Mirrored consumers are the digital representation of our customer's profile persona. And that profile is being derived from first- or third-party data points. Maybe it can be variables, it can be sensors, it can be history, haptic technologies we are using. And by understanding the consumer through a mirrored consumer, we can understand what will be the next step of the consumer journey in daily life?"

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Timestamps:
01:15 How Deepak got started in tech

05:18 Why do customers turn to Accenture?

09:43 How have customer needs evolved in recent years?

12:02 What is a mirrored consumer?

14:34 How is technology changing the consumer landscape?

19:23 Creating digital twins

23:12 Digital twin examples

30:00 Hyper-personalization in retail and dynamic pricing

33:50 Generative AI at the edge and small language models

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Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting dell.com/edge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.

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Over the Edge is hosted by Bill Pfeifer, and was created by Matt Trifiro and Ian Faison. Executive producers are Matt Trifiro, Ian Faison, Jon Libbey and Kyle Rusca. The show producer is Erin Stenhouse. The audio engineer is Brian Thomas. Additional production support from Elisabeth Plutko.

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