Automating My Dog with Azure AI - Memphis Azure Dec 2023
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Like many terrier owners, I have a problem. My dog is overworked from the constant need to monitor multiple streets to bark at squirrels or passers by. I'd like to free up more of his time and energy for snuggling and play but the outdoors must still be monitored. Thankfully, it turns out that much of what my dog does can be automated using Azure AI Services and Azure OpenAI.
In this talk we'll use this absurd premise to build an AI dog through the Azure AI Vision, Azure AI Speech, and Azure AI Language APIs as well as Azure OpenAI. We'll explore how these different capabilities can work in tandem to create an immersive application that is able to respond semi-intelligently to what the user says and incorporate that with its knowledge, sight, and personality.
By the end of this session you'll have more of an understanding of what Azure AI Services and Azure OpenAI can do. You'll also learn the basics of how to interact with them from code so that you, like my dog, can take advantage of pre-trained machine learning models to enhance devote more of your energy to other areas.
Speaker: Matt Eland
Matt Eland is a software engineering leader and data scientist who has served as a senior engineer, software engineering manager, professional programming instructor, and has helped build enterprise-level software at a variety of organizations before distinguishing himself as a Microsoft MVP in Artificial Intelligence by using technology to accomplish ridiculous things in the name of science and teaching others.
Matt makes it his job to learn new things and share them with others through articles, videos, and talks at user groups and conferences covering a wide range of topics from software architecture to programming topics to artificial intelligence and data science.
Matt is a current data analytics master's student, an AI Specialist at Leading EDJE, is the author of "Refactoring with C#" and is creating a LinkedIn course and book on Computer Vision on Azure. Matt occasionally sleeps as well.