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Book Description

AI is accelerating the digital transformation for every industry, with examples ranging from manufacturing, retail, finance, healthcare, and many others. At this rate, every industry will be able to use AI to amplify human ingenuity. In this ebook, Joseph Sirosh, Corporate VP of Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Research group, provides developers with a comprehensive roadmap to creating your first AI-infused application.

Using a Conference Buddy as an example, you’ll learn the key ingredients needed to develop an intelligent chatbot that helps conference participants interact with speakers. This ebook provides a gentle introduction on how to leverage the tools, infrastructure, and services on the Microsoft AI Platform to create powerful, intelligent applications.

  • Understand how the intersection of cloud, data, and AI is enabling organizations to build intelligent systems
  • Learn the tools, infrastructure, and services available as part of the Microsoft AI Platform for developing AI applications
  • Teach the Conference Buddy application new AI skills, using pre-built AI capabilities such as vision, translation, and speech
  • Learn about the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX)

Table of Contents

  1. A Developer’s Guide to Building AI Applications
    1. Introduction
    2. The Intersection of Cloud, Data, and AI
      1. Modern AI: Intersection of Data, Cloud Computing, and AI
      2. Systems of Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift
    3. The Microsoft AI Platform
    4. Developing an Intelligent Chatbot
      1. Evolution of Natural-Language Processing and Bots
      2. Your First Bot: The Scenario
      3. An Overview of the Conference Buddy Bot Architecture
      4. Conversation Flow: An Example of the Conference Buddy Bot in Action
      5. Conference Buddy Bot design considerations
      6. Conference Buddy Bot Architecture Details
    5. Adding “Plug and Play” Intelligence to Your Bot
    6. Building an Enterprise App to Gain Bot Insights: The Conference Buddy Dashboard
      1. Bot Insights: Instrumenting your Bot
    7. Paving the Road Ahead
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