Session 1: Amazon Bedrock — The Right Mental Model for Generative AI on AWS

Duration: 30 minutes
Type: Conceptual + light demo

Why this session
Before tools, you need clarity. This session eliminates confusion about what Bedrock is and how to think about it.

Agenda
1. Generative AI on AWS: The Big Picture
AWS AI/ML service landscape
Bedrock vs OpenAI vs Azure OpenAI vs SageMaker

2. What Amazon Bedrock Actually Is (and Isn’t)
Managed foundation model platform
Serverless inference, model choice, enterprise controls
Common misconceptions

3. Foundation Models & Trade-offs
Text, chat, image, embeddings
Cost, latency, quality, determinism

4. Prompting as an Interface
Prompt = API contract
Parameters and output control

5. Mini Demo & Wrap-up