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Optimizing Generative AI Workloads for Sustainability
This comprehensive guide provides practical strategies for optimizing Generative AI systems to be more sustainable and responsible. As advances in Generative AI such as large language models accelerate, optimizing these resource-intensive workloads for efficiency and alignment with human values grows increasingly urgent.The book starts with the concept of Generative AI and its wide-ranging applications, while also delving into the environmental impact of AI workloads and the growing importance of adopting sustainable AI practices. It then delves into the fundamentals of efficient AI workload management, providing insights into understanding AI workload characteristics, measuring performance, and identifying bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Hardware optimization strategies are explored in detail, covering the selection of energy-efficient hardware, leveraging specialized AI accelerators, and optimizing hardware utilization and scheduling for sustainable operations. You are also guided through software optimization techniques tailored for Generative AI, including efficient model architecture, compression, and quantization methods, and optimization of software libraries and frameworks. Data management and preprocessing strategies are also addressed, emphasizing efficient data storage, cleaning, preprocessing, and augmentation techniques to enhance sustainability throughout the data life cycle. The book further explores model training and inference optimization, cloud and edge computing strategies for Generative AI, energy-efficient deployment and scaling techniques, and sustainable AI life cycle management practices, and concludes with real-world case studies and best practicesBy the end of this book, you will take away a toolkit of impactful steps you can implement to minimize the environmental harms and ethical risks of Generative AI. For organizations deploying any type of generative model at scale, this essential guide provides a blueprint for developing responsible AI systems that benefit society. What You Will LearnUnderstand how Generative AI can be more energy-efficient through improvements such as model compression, efficient architecture, hardware optimization, and carbon footprint trackingKnow the techniques to minimize data usage, including evaluation, filtering, synthesis, few-shot learning, and monitoring data demands over timeUnderstand spanning efficiency, data minimization, and alignment for comprehensive responsibilityKnow the methods for detecting, understanding, and mitigating algorithmic biases, ensuring diversity in data collection, and monitoring model fairness Who This book Is ForProfessionals seeking to adopt responsible and sustainable practices in their Generative AI work; leaders and practitioners who need actionable strategies and recommendations that can be implemented directly in real-world systems and organizational workflows; ML engineers and data scientists building and deploying Generative AI systems in industry set
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Generative AI with Amazon Bedrock
Become proficient in Amazon Bedrock by taking a hands-on approach to building and scaling generative AI solutions that are robust, secure, and compliant with ethical standardsKey FeaturesLearn the foundations of Amazon Bedrock from experienced AWS Machine Learning Specialist ArchitectsMaster the core techniques to develop and deploy several AI applications at scaleGo beyond writing good prompting techniques and secure scalable frameworks by using advanced tips and tricksPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionThe concept of generative artificial intelligence has garnered widespread interest, with industries looking to leverage it to innovate and solve business problems. Amazon Bedrock, along with LangChain, simplifies the building and scaling of generative AI applications without needing to manage the infrastructure.Generative AI with Amazon Bedrock takes a practical approach to enabling you to accelerate the development and integration of several generative AI use cases in a seamless manner. You’ll explore techniques such as prompt engineering, retrieval augmentation, fine-tuning generative models, and orchestrating tasks using agents. The chapters take you through real-world scenarios and use cases such as text generation and summarization, image and code generation, and the creation of virtual assistants. The latter part of the book shows you how to effectively monitor and ensure security and privacy in Amazon Bedrock.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of building and scaling generative AI apps using Amazon Bedrock, along with various architecture patterns and security best practices that will help you solve business problems and drive innovation in your organization.What you will learnExplore the generative AI landscape and foundation models in Amazon BedrockFine-tune generative models to improve their performanceExplore several architecture patterns for different business use casesGain insights into ethical AI practices, model governance, and risk mitigation strategiesEnhance your skills in employing agents to develop intelligence and orchestrate tasksMonitor and understand metrics and Amazon Bedrock model responseExplore various industrial use cases and architectures to solve real-world business problems using RAGStay on top of architectural best practices and industry standardsWho this book is forThis book is for generalist application engineers, solution engineers and architects, technical managers, ML advocates, data engineers, and data scientists looking to either innovate within their organization or solve business use cases using generative AI. A basic understanding of AWS APIs and core AWS services for machine learning is expected.
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Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering
Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering offers a quick and incisive introduction to the Python programming language for use in any science or engineering discipline. The approach is pedagogical and “bottom up,” which means starting with examples and extracting more general principles from that experience. No prior programming experience is assumed.Readers will learn the basics of Python syntax, data structures, input and output, conditionals and loops, user-defined functions, plotting, animation, and visualization. They will also learn how to use Python for numerical analysis, including curve fitting, random numbers, linear algebra, solutions to nonlinear equations, numerical integration, solutions to differential equations, and fast Fourier transforms.Readers learn how to interact and program with Python using JupyterLab and Spyder, two simple and widely used integrated development environments.All the major Python libraries for science and engineering are covered, including NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Pandas. Other packages are also introduced, including Numba, which can render Python numerical calculations as fast as compiled computer languages such as C but without their complex overhead.
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Art and Ethics of Generative AI
Generative AI technologies are reshaping the way we create, communicate, and compute, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and profound challenges. As these systems increasingly influence decisions that shape our lives, it becomes clear that performance metrics alone cannot define their success. A deeper understanding of the intersection between technical innovation and human values is essential to navigate this transformative era.The Art and Ethics of Generative AI: Fairness, Transparency, and Human Values provides a balanced exploration of generative AI, combining technical insights with ethical considerations. It explains generative model architectures and learning paradigms in an accessible way, while addressing critical issues such as algorithmic bias, explainability challenges, and emerging regulatory approaches. Practical frameworks for responsible AI development are offered, alongside multidisciplinary perspectives that bridge technical and humanistic viewpoints. Abstract concepts are brought to life through practical illustrations, demonstrating how ethical considerations play out in real-world AI applications.Designed for a wide audience, the book serves AI practitioners seeking actionable guidance for building responsible systems, researchers exploring nuanced ethical dimensions, educators and students looking for comprehensive learning materials, and policymakers needing governance insights. It is an essential resource for anyone engaged in the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.
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Generative AI in Teaching and Learning
Generative AI in Teaching and Learning delves into the revolutionary field of generative artificial intelligence and its impact on education. This comprehensive guide explores the multifaceted applications of generative AI in both formal and informal learning environments, shedding light on the ethical considerations and immense opportunities that arise from its implementation. From the early approaches of utilizing generative AI in teaching to its integration into various facets of learning, this book offers a profound analysis of its potential. Teachers, researchers, instructional designers, developers, data analysts, programmers, and learners alike will find valuable insights into harnessing the power of generative AI for educational purposes. The book covers a wide range of topics, including generative AI applications in artwork, coding, writing, research, collaboration, and more. It examines the implications of public generative AI interfaces and explores how generative AI can be effectively utilized in formal education settings, such as accredited institutions. The roles of teachers, content creation, instructional design, research, community service, sports, policies, assignments, grading, student work, and programming are all examined in relation to generative AI. Furthermore, the book explores the use of generative AI in nonformal and informal teaching and learning, emphasizing the opportunities for self-learning, group learning, and social change that arise from its implementation. It also delves into the professional ethics surrounding the application of generative AI in education. While examining the potential benefits of generative AI, the book also addresses the risks associated with demotivation for skill acquisition, deskilling, and downskilling. It highlights the opportunities for upskilling and encourages educators and learners to engage in learning practices that leverage the power of generative AI.
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GenAI Security
This book is an essential guide for anyone looking to build secure and resilient generative AI applications. It provides actionable insights into identifying vulnerabilities and preventing attacks.Authored by security expert Paul Zenker, the book explores the critical aspects of securing GenAI systems across their lifecycle - design, development, and operation. Through numerous practical examples, detailed illustrations of threat scenarios, and application architectures, readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of potential risks. Step-by-step instructions cover techniques such as prompt injections, jailbreaks, and other attack vectors, equipping readers with the skills to anticipate and mitigate threats effectively.This resource is ideal for developers, security professionals, AI researchers, and organizations working with generative AI technologies. This book offers the tools and knowledge needed to create systems that can withstand sophisticated attacks in today’s high-stakes digital landscape.
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Intro to Python for Computer Science and Data Science
For introductory-level Python programming and/or data-science courses. A groundbreaking, flexible approach to computer science and data science The Deitels’ Introduction to Python for Computer Science and Data Science: Learning to Program with AI, Big Data and the Cloud offers a unique approach to teaching introductory Python programming, appropriate for both computer-science and data-science audiences. Providing the most current coverage of topics and applications, the book is paired with extensive traditional supplements as well as Jupyter Notebooks supplements. Real-world datasets and artificial-intelligence technologies allow students to work on projects making a difference in business, industry, government and academia. Hundreds of examples, exercises, projects (EEPs), and implementation case studies give students an engaging, challenging and entertaining introduction to Python programming and hands-on data science. The book's modular architecture enables instructors to conveniently adapt the text to a wide range of computer-science and data-science courses offered to audiences drawn from many majors. Computer-science instructors can integrate as much or as little data-science and artificial-intelligence topics as they'd like, and data-science instructors can integrate as much or as little Python as they'd like. The book aligns with the latest ACM/IEEE CS-and-related computing curriculum initiatives and with the Data Science Undergraduate Curriculum Proposal sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
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Humanising Language Education in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Age
Examining the presence and influence of GenAI in the contexts of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), and written composition within university-level English as a foreign language (EFL) programmes, this book asserts a humanist view of language education informed by Critical Realism and the social realist philosophy of education.This author looks at the GenAI-language education interaction through explicit philosophical engagement, with the aim of strengthening a critical and emancipatory approach to EAP, written composition, and language education. By highlighting technological determinism and relating it to broader neoliberalist mechanisms, it provides new insights into the social, political, economic, cultural and historical contexts within which the use of GenAI technologies by language teachers and learners can be understood.Humanising Language Education in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Age will appeal to students and scholars of linguistics, education and sociology as well as organizations devoted to understanding the evolution, application, and impact of GenAI on education and language learning.
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Empowering the Public Sector with Generative AI
This is your guide book to Generative AI (GenAI) and its application in addressing real-world challenges within the public sector. The book addresses a range of topics from GenAI concepts and strategy to public sector use cases, architecture patterns, and implementation best practices. With a general background in technology and the public sector, you will be able to understand the concepts in this book.The book will help you develop a deeper understanding of GenAI and learn how GenAI differs from traditional AI. You will explore best practices such as prompt engineering, and fine-tuning, and architectural patterns such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). And you will discover specific nuances, considerations, and strategies for implementation in a public sector organization. You will understand how to apply these concepts in a public sector setting and address industry-specific challenges and problems by studying a variety of use cases included in the book in the areas of content generation, chatbots, summarization, and program management. What You Will LearnGenAI concepts and how GenAI differs from traditional AI/ML Prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, and customizing foundation modelsStrategy, methodologies, and frameworks for the public sectorPublic sector use cases in the areas of content generation, summarization, and chatbots, plus program management, analytics, business intelligence, and reportingArchitecture and design patterns Implementation, operations, and maintenance of GenAI applications Who This Book Is ForTechnology and business leaders in the public sector who are new to AI/ML and are keen on exploring and harnessing the potential of Generative AI in their respective organizations.
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Llms and Generative AI for Healthcare
Large language models (LLMs) and generative AI are rapidly changing the healthcare industry. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize healthcare by improving the efficiency, accuracy, and personalization of care. This practical book shows healthcare leaders, researchers, data scientists, and AI engineers the potential of LLMs and generative AI today and in the future, using storytelling and illustrative use cases in healthcare. Authors Kerrie Holley and Manish Mathur from Google's Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry team help you explore real-world applications of these technologies in healthcare, from personalized patient care and drug discovery to enhanced medical imaging and robot-assisted surgeries. You'll also learn the challenges of using these technologies--and the ethical implications of their application in this field. With this book, you will: Learn how LLMs and generative AI can help address and transform healthcare issues Explore the basics of LLMs and generative AI and learn how they work Learn how these technologies are being applied in healthcare today Understand several LLM and generative AI use cases Examine the ethics and challenges of applying LLMs and generative AI to healthcare Understand the potential use of LLMs and generative AI in healthcare in the near term and their prospects for the future
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Python Programming for Biology
Do you have a biological question that could be readily answered by computational techniques, but little experience in programming? Do you want to learn more about the core techniques used in computational biology and bioinformatics? Written in an accessible style, this guide provides a foundation for both newcomers to computer programming and those interested in learning more about computational biology. The chapters guide the reader through: a complete beginners' course to programming in Python, with an introduction to computing jargon; descriptions of core bioinformatics methods with working Python examples; scientific computing techniques, including image analysis, statistics and machine learning. This book also functions as a language reference written in straightforward English, covering the most common Python language elements and a glossary of computing and biological terms. This title will teach undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals working in the life sciences how to program with Python, a powerful, flexible and easy-to-use language.
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Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering
Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering offers a quick and incisive introduction to the Python programming language for use in any science or engineering discipline. The approach is pedagogical and “bottom up,” which means starting with examples and extracting more general principles from that experience. No prior programming experience is assumed.Readers will learn the basics of Python syntax, data structures, input and output, conditionals and loops, user-defined functions, plotting, animation, and visualization. They will also learn how to use Python for numerical analysis, including curve fitting, random numbers, linear algebra, solutions to nonlinear equations, numerical integration, solutions to differential equations, and fast Fourier transforms.Readers learn how to interact and program with Python using JupyterLab and Spyder, two simple and widely used integrated development environments.All the major Python libraries for science and engineering are covered, including NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Pandas. Other packages are also introduced, including Numba, which can render Python numerical calculations as fast as compiled computer languages such as C but without their complex overhead.
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Generative AI in Higher Education
Chan and Colloton’s book is one of the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the use and impact of ChatGPT and Generative AI (GenAI) in higher education.Since November 2022, every conversation in higher education has involved ChatGPT and its impact on all aspects of teaching and learning. The book explores the necessity of AI literacy tailored to professional contexts, assess the strengths and weaknesses of incorporating ChatGPT in curriculum design, and delve into the transformation of assessment methods in the GenAI era. The authors introduce the Six Assessment Redesign Pivotal Strategies (SARPS) and an AI Assessment Integration Framework, encouraging a learner-centric assessment model. The necessity for well-crafted AI educational policies is explored, as well as a blueprint for policy formulation in academic institutions. Technical enthusiasts are catered to with a deep dive into the mechanics behind GenAI, from the history of neural networks to the latest advances and applications of GenAI technologies.With an eye on the future of AI in education, this book will appeal to educators, students and scholars interested in the wider societal implications and the transformative role of GenAI in pedagogy and research.
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Generative Adversarial Networks in Practice
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in Practice is an all-inclusive resource that provides a solid foundation on GAN methodologies, their application to real-world projects, and their underlying mathematical and theoretical concepts. Key features: Guides you through the complex world of GANs, demystifying their intricacies. Accompanies your learning journey with real-world examples and practical applications. Navigates the theory behind GANs, presenting it in an accessible and comprehensive way. Simplifies the implementation of GANs using popular deep learning platforms. Introduces various GAN architectures, giving readers a broad view of their applications. Nurture your knowledge of AI with our comprehensive yet accessible content. Practice your skills with numerous case studies and coding examples. Reviews advanced GANs such as DCGAN, CGAN, CycleGAN, and more, with clear explanations and practical examples. Adapts to both beginners and experienced practitioners, with content organized to cater to varying levels of familiarity with GANs. Connects the dots between GAN theory and practice, providing a well-rounded understanding of the subject. Takes you through GAN applications across different data types, highlighting their versatility. Inspires the reader to explore beyond the book, fostering an environment conducive to independent learning and research. Closes the gap between complex GAN methodologies and their practical implementation, allowing readers to directly apply their knowledge. Empowers you with the skills and knowledge needed to confidently use GANs in your projects.Prepare to deep dive into the captivating realm of GANs and experience the power of AI like never before with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in Practice. This book brings together the theory and practical aspects of GANs in a cohesive and accessible manner, making it an essential resource for both beginners and experienced practitioners.
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Generative AI for Students
Using Generative Artificial Intelligence as a student can be confusing and challenging. This authoritative guide equips you with practical knowledge, enabling you to leverage Generative AI as a powerful study aid and embark on your academic journey with confidence. Exploring a wide spectrum of topics, from demystifying jargon and fostering critical thinking to addressing diversity, inclusion and academic integrity, this book is an essential companion for any Higher Education student looking to enhance their academic skill set and achieve success in their studies. By the end of this book you will:- Become critically literate at using Generative AI- Learn how to use Generative AI to enhance traditional study methods- Encounter real-life case studies and worked-through examples to put theory into practice- Gain a comprehensive grounding in how to engage with Generative AI Tools
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Making ChatGPT Work for You
Gain a clear and practical understanding of ChatGPT, the cutting-edge language model that is revolutionizing how we create content, analyse data, and communicate. This book will be your essential companion for navigating the rapidly-evolving world of generative AI. You'll explore an army of diverse features boasted by ChatGPT, including web searching, analysing images, PDFs and other file types, image creation with ChatGPT's DALL-E, and video generation with ChatGPT's Sora. Highlighted by over 100 prompts, this book boasts step-by-step guides on how to use ChatGPT for a variety of tasks such as thesis writing, creating a sales report, and even creating a budget planner from actual receipts. Each chapter has a series of practical examples you can follow along with so you can try out the explanations for yourself. You'll also learn how to use ChatGPT as a personal assistant, yet another tool to streamline and simplify productivity. With these powerful capabilities in hand, Making ChatGPT Work for You is your prompt cookbook! What You Will Learn Generate unique and engaging text for social media posts, blogs articles, and creative writing.Upload files and images to ChatGPT to analyse data, explain text, and analyse photos.Leverage ChatGPT to interpret and analyse datasets, provide insights and solutions, create budget plans, sales reports, and more.Use ChatGPT as a versatile educational tool for learning new skills.Work with ChatGPT's DALL-E and Sora features to generate images and short videos for creating content for landing pages and YouTube videos. Who This Book Is For Professionals, students, educators, and content creators curious about AI and looking to use ChatGPT for practical applications.
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