Episode 138: Democratizing Computer Vision with LandingAI’s Kai Yang

05/29/24 • 30 min

This week’s guest is Kai Yang, VP of Product at LandingAI.

Kai discusses the need for a data-centric approach to AI, why vendors should build tools rather than solutions, and more, sharing lessons learned from his career in machine learning and software development. He also explains how new tools like visual prompting are democratizing computer vision and enabling anyone, regardless of skill level, to develop their own machine learning models.

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Special Guest: Kai Yang.

This week’s guest is Kai Yang, VP of Product at LandingAI.

Special Guest: Kai Yang.

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