S4EP10: Edge Device Management and the Shifting Interaction Paradigm

How will AI at the edge reshape how we interact with our devices? In this episode, Bill sits down with Nicole Reineke, Distinguished Product Manager - AI Strategy at N-able to dive into the future of AI, discussing distributed AI, the shifting interaction paradigm and the future of large action models. Nicole argues that this is the most exciting time in edge device management in her career, diving into how AI can revolutionize device management, drive creativity, and spark business innovation.

Key Quotes: 

“This is seriously the most exciting time in edge device management that I've ever witnessed. And I've been in edge device management for three decades.”

“You have this offline capability that understands and can control all of your device behavior and can understand your intent or your natural language request. And it's going to completely change the paradigm of how our devices operate. It's going to change how we interact with them.  It's going to be huge and it's going to be fast.”

“Large action models… can be seen as an extension of a language model. It's the ability to take a set of inputs and use those inputs to create a trigger and that trigger can perform an action against something.”

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Timestamps:
(01:40) How Nicole got started in tech

(06:27) Edge devices and the shifting interaction paradigm

(18:03) Distributed AI and its implications

(23:29) Role of humans in AI and automation

(27:12) Choosing the right AI model for your data

(34:40) What's the next great skill in AI?

(38:10) Ways to stay ahead

Sponsor: 

Over the Edge is brought to you by Dell Technologies to unlock the potential of your infrastructure with edge solutions. From hardware and software to data and operations, across your entire multi-cloud environment, we’re here to help you simplify your edge so you can generate more value. Learn more by visiting dell.com/edge for more information or click on the link in the show notes.

Credits:
Over the Edge is hosted by Bill Pfeifer, and was created by Matt Trifiro and Ian Faison. Executive producers are Matt Trifiro, Ian Faison, Jon Libbey and Kyle Rusca. The show producer is Erin Stenhouse. The audio engineer is Brian Thomas. Additional production support from Elisabeth Plutko.

Links: 

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