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Big Technology Podcast

Amazon's Longterm AI Vision — With Matt Wood

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6395 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. --- Matt Wood is the VP of AI Products at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Wood joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the current state and future potential of AI, according to Amazon. Tune in to hear insights on how customers are adopting AI, the importance of model choice and specialization, and the evolution of AI in the near-term. We also cover AWS' AI platform, Amazon's Alexa assistant, and the cultural shifts needed for organizations to successfully leverage AI. Hit play for an engaging and informative conversation on the cutting edge of AI with one of the industry's leading experts. --- For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0

The VP of AI products at Amazon Web Services joins us to discuss what people are actually building with the technology and whether it's worth the investment.

0:08.0

All that more is coming up right after this.

0:11.0

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Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech world and beyond.

1:11.7

Well, a year later, we have Matt Wood back with us today.

1:18.3

He's the VP of AI products at Amazon Web Services. Last year, we spoke at the AWS Summit in New York City, all about Amazon's AI strategy. And we have a great opportunity now to talk a little

1:24.7

bit more about where the AI field is heading. Matt, welcome back to the show.

1:28.8

Great to see you. Good to see you too. Thanks for having me back. This is awesome. And

1:32.8

congrats on the growth of the show. It's been amazing. I listen every week. So it's a pleasure

1:37.4

to be here. Thanks so much. Oh, that's awesome. So you'll have some context here. So let me ask you, I think, the most pressing question that I have first, which is when we spoke

1:47.1

last year, you said I wouldn't be surprised if just the AI part of our cloud computing business

1:51.8

was larger than the rest of AWS combined in a couple years.

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