AWS CEO Matt Garman Doesn't Think AI Should Replace Junior Devs
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AWS CEO Matt Garman Doesn't Think AI Should Replace Junior Devs
"Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services, is looking to change that. At the recent AWS re:Invent conference, Garman announced a bunch of frontier AI models, as well as a tool designed to let AWS customers build models of their own. That tool, Nova Forge, allows companies to engage in what's known as custom pretraining-adding their data in the process of building a base model-which should allow for vastly more customized models that suit a given company's needs."
"The head of Amazon Web Services has big plans to offer AI tools to businesses, but says that replacing coders with AI is "a non-starter for anyone who's trying to build a long-term company." Amid the breathless coverage and relentless AI hype of recent years, one of the world's biggest tech companies-Amazon-has been notably absent. Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services, is looking to change that."
Amazon Web Services announced frontier AI models and a tool called Nova Forge at AWS re:Invent. Nova Forge enables custom pretraining by adding company data during base-model training, producing highly customized models tailored to business needs. AWS is prioritizing enterprise integration of AI across its offerings with the aim of materially impacting corporate P&L rather than pursuing mass consumer AI products. AWS leadership expressed skepticism about replacing software engineers with AI, calling such replacement a non-starter for building long-term companies. The conversation also addressed feelings about AI race standing, and strategies for managing large teams and internal dissent.
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