Spisak: AWS image recognition service lacks support for custom enterprise data
Joe Spisak · a16z Podcast | AI, from 'Toy' Problems to Practical Application · Jan 2, 2019 · at 23:45
Joe Spisak, product leader at AWS, acknowledges the limits of Amazon's turn-key AI/ML services when enterprise customers require customization.
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“Because even today, you know, just being the self-deprecating Amazon guy, we have services that aren't, they're not very flexible. Like our image recognition service is really cool, and it does a lot of great things, but I can't actually bring my own data to it. And I can't actually optimize and customize for my problem.”
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