{"product_id":"ai-as-a-service","title":"AI as a Service","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAI as a Service\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a practical handbook to building and implementing serverless AI applications, without bogging you down with a lot of theory. Instead, you’ll find easy-to-digest instruction and two complete hands-on serverless AI builds in this must-have guide!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompanies everywhere are moving everyday business processes over to the cloud, and AI is increasingly being given the reins in these tasks. As this massive digital transformation continues, the combination of serverless computing and AI promises to become the de facto standard for business-to-consumer platform development—and developers who can design, develop, implement, and maintain these systems will be in high demand! \u003ci\u003eAI as a Service\u003c\/i\u003e is a practical handbook to building and implementing serverless AI applications, without bogging you down with a lot of theory. Instead, you’ll find easy-to-digest instruction and two complete hands-on serverless AI builds in this must-have guide!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePurchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the technology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCloud-based AI services can automate a variety of labor intensive business tasks in areas such as customer service, data analysis, and financial reporting. The secret is taking advantage of pre-built tools like Amazon Rekognition for image analysis or AWS Comprehend for natural language processing. That way, there’s no need to build expensive custom software. Artificial Intelligence (AI), a machine’s ability to learn and make predictions based on patterns it identifies, is already being leveraged by businesses around the world in areas like targeted product recommendations, financial forecasting and resource planning, customer service chatbots, healthcare diagnostics, data security, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the exciting combination of serverless computing and AI, software developers now have enormous power to improve their businesses’ existing systems and rapidly deploy new AI-enabled platforms. And to get on this fast-moving train, you don’t have to invest loads of time and effort in becoming a data scientist or AI expert, thanks to cloud platforms and the readily available off-the-shelf cloud-based AI services!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAI as a Service\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced guide to harnessing the power of cloud-based solutions. You’ll learn to build real-world apps—such as chatbots and text-to-speech services—by stitching together cloud components. Work your way from small projects to large data-intensive applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Apply cloud AI services to existing platforms\u003cbr\u003e- Design and build scalable data pipelines\u003cbr\u003e- Debug and troubleshoot AI services\u003cbr\u003e- Start fast with serverless templates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the reader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor software developers familiar with cloud basics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Elger\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eEóin Shanaghy\u003c\/b\u003e are founders and CEO\/CTO of fourTheorem, a software solutions company providing expertise on architecture, DevOps, and machine learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 1 - FIRST STEPS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 A tale of two technologies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Building a serverless image recognition system, part 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Building a serverless image recognition system, part 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 2 - TOOLS OF THE TRADE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Building and securing a web application the serverless way\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Adding AI interfaces to a web application\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 How to be effective with AI as a Service\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Applying AI to existing platforms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART 3 - BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Gathering data at scale for real-world AI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Extracting value from large data sets with AI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Elger\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and CEO of fourTheorem, a software solutions company providing expertise on architecture, development, DevOps, and machine learning. 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