Supply Chain Expertise and GenAI Insights

I have worked for Microsoft Xbox supply chain and UPS. Now If I have to add a GenAI lens to my past. Here are my perspectives.

At Microsoft's Xbox division, I managed both forward and reverse supply chain logistics, covering repairs, refurbishment, and warranty services. By integrating GenAI, we can significantly enhance product defect detection, implement targeted product improvements, and streamline supplier communications, elevating overall efficiency and product quality.

At UPS, I collaborated with the team to develop and pitch AI/ML strategies for third-party logistics, focusing on operational efficiencies, visibility, planning, forecasting, and optimization. With the infusion of GenAI, the potential applications could extend to sophisticated chatbots and digital assistants, further refining company policies, fostering broader AI adoption, and enhancing supplier communications.

I am committed to pushing the boundaries of supply chain management with innovative GenAI-driven solutions and look forward to collaborating with startups/product companies in this space. If you are an SMB, have historical data, looking to onboard in AI, Let's connect sivaram[at]phygitalytics.com. 

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Insights, Innovations, and Lessons: Exploring Computer Vision and Generative AI Hybrid solutions

Hoping to share more insights on below Vision + GenAI Journey

1. Captivating Success: Harnessing Vision and Generative AI to Mitigate Food Waste

Unveiling a remarkable deployment where vision technologies, coupled with Generative AI, are being leveraged in a significant initiative to reduce food waste. A partnership between a renowned condiment brand and a leading technology provider exemplifies the powerful application of AI in environmental sustainability.

2. Dual-edged Experiences: Enhancing Product Details and Vision Technology Setbacks

This segment will delve into the mixed outcomes from integrating Generative AI in enriching product detail pages, and the limitations encountered with computer vision technologies. We’ll share an analysis of the decision-making processes in either developing custom vision models alongside Generative AI or opting for off-the-shelf solutions, outlining the key challenges and learnings from both paths.

3. Learning from Setbacks: Challenges in Vision for Skin Care Innovations

Not all ventures yield success, and in the explorative landscape of AI, the application of vision technology for skin care solutions has faced its own set of challenges. This case will reveal the hurdles faced during implementation and the pivotal lessons learned, emphasizing the importance of iterative testing and adaptive strategies in technology application.

Summary:

In wrapping up, the session will highlight the critical takeaways from the successes and setbacks observed in integrating computer vision and Generative AI across different industries. Attendees will gain a nuanced understanding of the practical applications, scalability issues, and strategic decisions crucial for leveraging these cutting-edge technologies effectively.

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Career Perspectives

Few key things that apply to me :)

• Build key relationships by networking and offering something valuable - ideas/playbook / POC.
• Fifth, select challenging projects that promise significant early wins, even if they require extra effort initially.
• Finally, at the end of the month, create a reflective document detailing your observations to better understand and improve your approach.

Ref - CAREER ADVICE: First 30 days as an exec.

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Evaluating Common Sense AI Frameworks vs. Business-Driven Realities

The following compares two contrasting approaches: a common sense AI framework that focuses on ethical ideals, and the business-focused reality that often prioritizes profitability and market demands:

People-Centric vs Business-Centric Approach

• Common Sense AI: Prioritizes individuals' needs and well-being.
• Business Reality: Focuses on enhancing business profitability and operations.

Encouraging Learning vs Driving Engagement

• Common Sense AI: Advocates for learning and the personal development of users.
• Business Reality: Strives to increase user engagement which often translates to increased revenue.

Facilitating Connections vs Forming Opinionated Groups

• Common Sense AI: Aims to help people create meaningful connections without bias.
• Business Reality: May encourage the formation of groups based on strong opinions, which can boost platform activity.

Trustworthiness vs Promotion of Varied Information

• Common Sense AI: Committed to being trustworthy in the information it provides or promotes.
• Business Reality: May distribute all types of information, irrespective of accuracy, to cater to diverse user demands.

Privacy Defense vs Utilizing Data

• Common Sense AI: Upholds the privacy of users as a fundamental principle.
• Business Reality: Sometimes utilizes user data without explicit consent to maximize business opportunities.

Safety for Minors vs Conditional Apologies

• Common Sense AI: Ensures the safety of children and teens as a priority.
• Business Reality: Focuses on rectifying issues only when necessary to maintain public image while keeping business priorities intact.

Transparency and Accountability vs Limited Oversight

• Common Sense AI: Maintains high levels of transparency and holds itself accountable to stakeholders.
• Business Reality: Oftentimes finds methods to collaborate or operate without stringent checks, prioritizing flexibility and operational efficiency.

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AI in Beauty / Skin Care

Congratz Khusbhu, Mastering Vision + Beauty domain takes well calculated approach. This implementation is great example.

Selecting the right solution approach is the key

• Decision of Build vs Buy Model 
• Market testing
• Model Evaluation
• Data Compliance

Build is an expensive route in this case as it needs Deep Expertise in Vision plus Data Collection to culture.

Build vs Buy Solutions

• haut 
• Perfect Corp 
• Skintelligent  
• ModiFace 

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AI Solution Strategy Perspectives

Over the last few days, there has been intense discussion around product architecture, design, and adoption. Here are some key points:

• Balancing the adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) with considerations of cost, consistency, and latency.
• The architecture should be flexible enough to allow plug-and-play integration of different models.
• Every solution must have some differentiation, value add, or a "secret sauce".
• AI tends to perform best when combined with human input (AI + Human in the loop).
• From time to time, use a "convince with code" approach to demonstrate solutions.

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OpenAI - Prompt King - Prompt Usage Patterns

The interesting thing about OpenAI is the prompt history. The information below is a gold mine:

• Commonly used prompts and their responses.
• Ranking responses based on user feedback.
• Distribution of prompts across different domains. (Health, History, News, Tech)
• Caching of prompts and answers for quicker access.
• Low latency approach to handling cache versus read operations.
• Asynchronous processes involved in domain detection, intent detection, and retrieval.
• Various combinations of indexes are used to optimize searches using golden data, cached data, summary data, and raw data.

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Good Paper Read - THE LANDSCAPE OF EMERGING AI AGENT ARCHITECTURES FOR REASONING, PLANNING, AND TOOL CALLING: A SURVEY

THE LANDSCAPE OF EMERGING AI AGENT ARCHITECTURES FOR REASONING, PLANNING, AND TOOL CALLING: A SURVEY

Key Summary notes

• AI agent architectures are either comprised of a single agent or multiple agents working together to solve a problem.
• Agent Persona. An agent persona describes the role or personality that the agent should take on, including any other instructions specific to that agent
• ReAct. In the ReAct (Reason + Act) method, an agent first writes a thought about the given task. It then performs an action based on that thought, and the output is observed
• Reflexion. Reflexion is a single-agent pattern that uses self-reflection through linguistic feedback

Dify is an open-source LLM app development platform

Beyond LLMs: Agents, Emergent Abilities

1. Agent is able to split / create smaller subtasks

2. Persona can be set for the agent, Few shot examples supplied to get the context

3. Multiple agents created for different purposes

4. Custom Agents / Agent to Agent communication etc..

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Career Blues and perspectives

My selected list from below bookmarked articles

• Try to become a new person every 3-6 years.
• Try to solve big problems as fast as possible. 
• Adding a little bit of extra productivity to every day is great advice. The challenge can be finding the time, which means you need to subtract time from some other activities.
• I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp — W. Somerset Maugham
• Focus more on my own future rather than on what others think.
• Set clear short-term and long-term career goals.
• Enjoying programming and having the time outside of work. When it's a passion it all becomes a lot easier.
• Effort and consistency trumps all
• I personally believe anybody can find success if they just focus on the journey and the joy of coding, make sure they show up and participate, be present, stay curious and playful, and don't expect any rewards for their efforts. The real reward is having fun and feeling fulfilled while you're creating something.

Bookmarks

• Measuring personal growth
• The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
• Outstanding Programmers
• My 25-Year Engineering Career Retrospective

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