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Current State of Generative Models
- Tremendous advancements in the last two years (2023-2024) with new generation of models from companies like Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.
- Newer models have better capabilities, higher quality, and are more cost-effective.
- Key advancements:
- Improved GPU technology enabling scaling of models to billions of parameters.
- Advancements in data sets and training techniques, including use of synthetic data and multilingual models.
Key Features of Newer Models
- Larger context windows (up to 300,000 tokens)
- Multimodality - ability to process and generate content in text, image, audio, and video formats
- Improved reasoning and inference capabilities, going beyond simple question answering
- Agentic workflow - models becoming intelligent agents capable of interacting with external systems and performing autonomous actions
Text Models vs. Multimodal Models
- Text models are designed to ingest and generate text based on patterns in textual data.
- Multimodal models can process information from multiple modalities (text, image, audio, video) and integrate visual and auditory context.
Zero-Shot Prompting
- Zero-shot prompting allows models to perform tasks immediately without requiring prior examples or task-specific training.
- Benefits for business use cases:
- Extracts information without needing previous examples
- Allows faster implementation of new applications and features
- Saves time and cost on data preparation and model training
Visual Examples
- Visual question answering
- Diagram interpretation
- Image captioning
- Grounding (identifying object locations in an image)
Customer Use Case
- Digital printing company that creates and prints designs on fabrics for garments.
- Key challenges:
- Large, unstructured design file repository (few terabytes)
- Manual process for creating mood boards and finding inspiration images
- Reliance on external resources for images, incurring additional costs
- Requirements:
- Create a searchable attribute database of design files
- Maintain privacy and security of the design files
- Implement a low-cost, low-maintenance solution
Solution Approach
- Pre-processing on-premises: Segmenting and sampling images on local infrastructure to reduce processing costs.
- Generative AI model: Using Anthropic's Clover 3 (Haiku) model on AWS Bedrock for attribute extraction, instead of a machine learning model.
- Serverless Architecture:
- Uploading image segments to S3
- Processing images and storing attributes in Aurora Serverless database
- Implementing a searchable interface using API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB
Key Takeaways
- Rapid development and implementation of the solution using serverless and managed services.
- Generative AI models proved effective in extracting accurate attributes from a large, unstructured design file repository.
- Pay-as-you-go pricing model and leveraging free tiers helped keep the solution cost-effective.
- Constant feedback and a simplified, low-maintenance approach were crucial for the successful implementation.
- Newer capabilities like prompt routing in services like Bedrock open up more possibilities for future use cases.
- Cost is a significant factor, and intelligent use of cloud infrastructure can help reduce costs drastically.