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Published inOct 2023
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Gareth Eagar
Gareth Eagar
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Gareth Eagar

Gareth Eagar has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, starting in South Africa, working in the United Kingdom for a while, and now based in the USA. Having worked at AWS since 2017, Gareth has broad experience with a variety of AWS services, and deep expertise around building data platforms on AWS. While Gareth currently works as a Solutions Architect, he has also worked in AWS Professional Services, helping architect and implement data platforms for global customers. Gareth frequently speaks on data related topics.
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Understanding the value of ML and AI for organizations

More and more companies, of all sizes, are in various stages in the journey of discovering how ML and AI can positively impact their business. While initially, only the largest of organizations had the money and expertise to invest in ML projects, over time, the required technology has become more affordable and more accessible to non-specialist developers.

Cloud providers, such as AWS, have played a big part in making ML and AI technology more accessible to a wider group of users. Today, a developer with no previous ML education or experience can use a service such as Amazon Lex to create a customer service chatbot. This chatbot will allow customers to ask questions using natural language, rather than having to select from a menu of preset choices. Not all that long ago, anyone wanting to create a chatbot like this would have needed a Ph.D. in ML!

Many large organizations still look to build up data science teams with...

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Published in: Oct 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804614426

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Gareth Eagar

Gareth Eagar has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, starting in South Africa, working in the United Kingdom for a while, and now based in the USA. Having worked at AWS since 2017, Gareth has broad experience with a variety of AWS services, and deep expertise around building data platforms on AWS. While Gareth currently works as a Solutions Architect, he has also worked in AWS Professional Services, helping architect and implement data platforms for global customers. Gareth frequently speaks on data related topics.
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