LAS VEGAS DAY05 - Mandalay Bay Rec Centre, AI/ML for innovation at speed and scale, DeepRacer All Stars, Gordon Ramsay Fish and Chips
Breakfast at the Venetian
As usual, the first activity of the day is to grab breakfast. Initially I wanted to have breakfast at Mandalay Bay but decided to have breakfast first at the usual Venetian before taking a shuttle to Mandalay Bay.
Plushy Flamingos at the hotel shop
Ah, the Venetian... It is actually crazily close to the look and feel of the real Venice in Italy.
Here is a morning selfie in front of the fountain
Do the convention thing! Take a photo with the AWS mascot
The breakfast line
The breakfast - some sausage and ham with fruit. I took a lot of fruit. It may be my only fibre of the day.
After breakfast, it was straight to Mandalay via shuttle. Embarrassingly, I managed to miss the session despite arriving really early (That is a story for later).
Luxor - The pyramid.
And we are here, Mandalay Bay.
At Mandalay Bay (Rec Centre, AI/ML for innovation at speed and scale, and Lunch)
This story is amusing. I somehow managed to turn up early but missed my intended session because I had it in my mind that the session was 1030 instead of 1000. Perhaps I had too much fun at the Rec Centre...
Here I am, arrived before 10 am and just looking to spend time exploring until my session starts...
The Rec Centre. I was informed that it only opens at 10 am.
So I look at what activities they have. 5K run? Nah.
Wow. Amazed that they even have this. What is the insurance like?
Finally open at 10 am. Going in to take a look.
Free drinks are expected.
There is a NFL display near the entrance...
American football. Of course they love it here.
The Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Super Bowl Rings. I wonder how much is in that case.
Basketball game! I sucked at this. Couldn't shoot the ball high enough (keeps hitting the roof).
Chess!
Beside it is some AI chess thing with robot arms.
You can golf if you like.
Or play table tennis.
You can even do some jewellery stamping.
Or take some free kicks
But of course, I chose to spend most of my time on Lego
I built this Lego rocket and the man who was staffing the area came to me and told me his daughter works with SpaceX. He showed me a photo of the launch control room at Cape Canaveral.
Adding my build to the community build...
All done!
AI/ML: A trigger for innovation at speed and scale
At this point of time I had embarrassingly missed my session and was contemplating just leaving. However, some quick checking and I managed to get another session that interested me. And this session was good.
The lineup of three speakers...
Interesting perspective from Jeff Bezos
AWS's needs AI/ML to deliver the best customer experience possible.
Amazon’s average speed of delivery is 2x faster than their competition
The customer promise.
Powering the customer promise.
What is the state of your package at every point of delivery?
Not so straightforward. Instead of reaching for obvious solutions, solve to optimize.
Less than 3 hours pack time, 5hrs later a trailer is leaving (example of how the deliveries work)
Speed is a choice.
In this example, for a person who has a nut allergy, if the item they ordered came from a warehouse that handles a lot of nut products, the delivery could lead to their allergies being triggered, compromising the customer's safety. By using AI/ML, these safety threats can be predicted and avoided.
Which packaging to use? Cardboard box? Or mailer envelopes?
How will the packing staff know which to use?
AI/ML can propose the correct packaging for the staff to use, not just for one product, but also products of similar shape, size and nature.
Cardboard or mailer? Hint: Am I reading this? Or displaying it?
Another example... Is this a collector's item? A gift? Or just a toy for children?
More mailers in use now.
Not just MEETING needs...
But providing a choice to empower customers to make good decisions.
Focus on 3rd
segment - Product Service Innovations
Cannot compromise on customer experience with the AI tests
E.g. AI used to provide suggestions to call operators based on other customer’s calls
Customer reviews are summarized with AI
This was good. I'm glad to have tried this.
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