Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long been viewed as the domain of tech giants and organizations with deep technical expertise and significant resources. However, the landscape is rapidly changing with the democratization of AI, and Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) like Amazon Web Services (AWS) are at the forefront of this transformation. AWS has focused on offering accessible and scalable AI services so that organizations can quickly integrate AI into their applications without the need for specialized expertise.
As of today, AWS offers AI services covering:
- Generative AI Applications
- Computer Vision
- Language AI
- Text Extraction
- Natural Language Processing
- AI Agents and Bots
- Intelligent Virtual Assistants
This list will undoubtedly grow, as will the possible use cases.
The motivations for CSPs to offer these services are clear. AI services are relatively compute-heavy and therefore more costly. Integrating your application and data with CSP services will always result in a ‘sticky’ working relationship between our customers and their CSP. Chainbridge Solutions Cloud Engineers and Developers always design with efficiency in mind, leaning on serverless architectures whenever possible. And with AI services de-coupled from an application, CSP switching is a true possibility.
The positives, however, are real and with careful engineering and cost management, far outweigh our concerns. With minimal instruction and the right permissions, professionals far outside the data science world can create value and enhance application functionality in a relatively short amount of time. Power to the people.