The Aspiring STEM Geek - Software, AI and ML with Taziamoma Abraham - #4

In this episode I talk with Taziamoma Abraham, a software engineer and cloud developer at Amazon Web Services (AWS). We talk about how Taz got into tech, AI's disruptive power in industries, Roblox servers with AAA quality games, wild crypto bets, Taz's experience with an unruly professor and cloud services amongst many other topics. Hope you enjoy! FROM THE PODCAST: phpBB Forum: https://www.phpbb.com/ MyBB Forum: https://mybb.com/ Roblox 101: How to Make Money From Your Video Games from PC Mag: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/roblox-101-how-to-make-real-money-from-your-video-games Roblox Games Are Better Than AAA Games Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPHrLI_DYD4&ab_channel=Optimus Vercel Website: https://vercel.com/ OpenAI Introducing the Realtime API: https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-realtime-api/ Number of Documents by Language: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Number-of-documents-by-language_fig2_309465000 Hungry for Energy, Amazon, Google and Microsoft Turn to Nuclear Power: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/business/energy-environment/amazon-google-microsoft-nuclear-energy.html Google signs deal to use small modular nuclear reactors to power AI data centers: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4934027-google-signs-deal-to-use-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-to-power-ai-data-centers/ Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Miner: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asic.asp ‘Dumb Money’ Is on GameStop, and It’s Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/business/gamestop-wall-street-bets.html How does AWS lambda work behind the scenes?: https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/how-does-aws-lambda-work-behind-the What is MLOps?: https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/mlops/ How Much Longer Can Computing Power Drive Artificial Intelligence Progress? CSET Issue Brief: https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/AI-and-Compute-How-Much-Longer-Can-Computing-Power-Drive-Artificial-Intelligence-Progress.pdf OpenAI searches for an answer to its copyright problems: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/30/24230975/openai-publisher-deals-web-search SONG INTRO/OUTRO: No Problem by Chance the Rapper PODCAST ALSO AVAILABLE ON Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek/id1765996824 Audible: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/21fcafdd-2286-4369-8d70-c1329bee55f5/the-aspiring-stem-geek iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/202676097/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/60dPNJbDPaPw7ru8g5btxV?si=26e034e416f446d8 CONNECT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-dolinay-frm-96a289106/ GitHub: https://github.com/ad17171717 X: https://twitter.com/DolinayG Odysee: https://odysee.com/@adriandolinay:0 Medium: https://medium.com/@adriandolinay |-Video Chapters-| 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - Getting into tech as a kid 3:02 - Video games 5:20 - Roblox servers 6:10 - ChatGPT powered apps 10:29 - AI near real time voice translation 11:45 - Adapting to an AI world 12:58 - Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) 13:51 - AI energy consumption 17:05 - Purpose built chips 18:42 - Cryptocurrencies 24:13 - My ill fated GameStop bet 27:40 - Sam Houston State University 29:09 - Dr. Dirtbag 35:26 - Potentially teaching 41:55 - Issues with remote teaching 44:02 - Cloud services 51:56 - Opportunities in AI/ML 54:04 - Legal issues of data scraping 56:20 - AI Master's Degree 1:01:35 - Itaewon in Seoul, party city 1:03:35 - Double meaning of "Karaoke" 1:06:46 - Taz's favorite anime 1:09:14 - Taz's sword collection 1:10:10 - Conclusion