Foundational Models

What are Foundation Models? Why is it Important? How powerful are they really?

Sumay Misra , Co-Founder , DIG-IT WORLD

Foundation models are basically the models of AI algorithms and systems that are trained by providing a ton of data and are based on deep learning. They are commonly used in robotics, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing. They perform a variety of tasks and are very expensive because they require and store huge amounts of data. It can do tasks which it has not even been programmed to do. Though one drawback is that it requires a lot of resources and a long time to acquire and process data. Another is that they perform a variety of tasks and are very expensive because they require and store huge amounts of data. It can do tasks which it has not even been programmed to do.

Due to these models, programmers will not have to build systems of AI from scratch. They can just use the pre-existing models. These models are humongous and provide a huge variety of datasets to programmers who build new AI models each day. If these models didn't exist then AI developers would have to spend countless hours searching for files, video, photos and all kinds of data.

It can increase the accuracy of functions and open up a variety of new possibilities in the future. But it also quite risky. If these models are not kept in control then they can be very harmful for mankind.  They can be very helpful if they are controlled.