S4EP2: Generative AI and the Factory of the Future

How will generative AI impact the factory floor? In this conversation, Bill sits down with Jason Nassar, who is responsible for Dell Technologies’ global strategy for manufacturing edge products and solutions as a Senior Consultant Product Manager.  The two dive into the future of generative AI on the factory floor, musing about the role of robots and small language models.

Key Quotes:

“I think as the technology improves itself and it's going to happen faster than we think, there will likely be robots and even humanoid robots that are going to be performing tasks that in the past people performed.”

“At the end of the day, these LLMs or large language models, they're best put in the cloud right now, large data centers actually processing this. But this is quickly going to move directly to the edge. And that means that this technology is going to be utilized on the factory floor.”

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Timestamps: ‍

(02:00) How did Jason get started in tech?

(02:40) IT and OT in manufacturing

(06:45) Evolution of customer needs in manufacturing

(20:54) What is possible with traditional AI?

(14:54) The potential of generative AI in manufacturing

(19:00) Hallucinations and human error

(20:50) The future of work and education

(33:32) Robots on the factory floor

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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.

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Links: 

Follow Bill on LinkedIn

Connect with Jason Nassar on LinkedIn

Read Jason’s latest blog on CIO

Learn more about https://edgeresources.dell.com/?industry=manufacturing