Yes but, isn't including including multiple probabilistic steps in what one imagines will be a deterministic outcome likely to get dicey? How do you account for the inherent variability of multiple small probabilistic decisions made from changing data on the fly as you chain them together? What becomes the "right" answer? Who judges? You could end up building little Towers of Babel instead of useful processes.
Workflows are the new databases, and workflows are exactly where the ROI of AI will become visible. It's one thing to say "30% of our code is written by AI" - feel good about it, without having to show any definite ROI - and a better thing to say "10 out of 40 workflows are driven by AI". But, with AI, will these workflows remain the same? With Gen AI becoming better with each model, the workflow to reach the end result may become shorter. And what tools will be standard for designing these workflows? Will it be the incumbents like AgentForce and SalesForce, maybe something similar in ServiceNow, SAP, Workday - because this is where all the workflows are.
'Workflows are the new databases' really resonated with me as it captures how the real impact of AI isn’t just in doing a task well, but in reorganizing the whole system around that task.
Jamin, you just made the case for Databricks. Databricks Apps provide a seamless way to host applications and takes care of the Authorization for the developer. By using the Python SDK, the developer has access to Databricks Workflows, Lakebase, Model Serving, Agent Bricks, Genie (Text-to-SQL), Data Warehousing, and every other component on the Databricks platform that is needed to build a compound AI Application.
Temporal is going to have it's moment.
+1 on Temporal, they are the ones to watch.
Yes but, isn't including including multiple probabilistic steps in what one imagines will be a deterministic outcome likely to get dicey? How do you account for the inherent variability of multiple small probabilistic decisions made from changing data on the fly as you chain them together? What becomes the "right" answer? Who judges? You could end up building little Towers of Babel instead of useful processes.
Workflows are the new databases, and workflows are exactly where the ROI of AI will become visible. It's one thing to say "30% of our code is written by AI" - feel good about it, without having to show any definite ROI - and a better thing to say "10 out of 40 workflows are driven by AI". But, with AI, will these workflows remain the same? With Gen AI becoming better with each model, the workflow to reach the end result may become shorter. And what tools will be standard for designing these workflows? Will it be the incumbents like AgentForce and SalesForce, maybe something similar in ServiceNow, SAP, Workday - because this is where all the workflows are.
'Workflows are the new databases' really resonated with me as it captures how the real impact of AI isn’t just in doing a task well, but in reorganizing the whole system around that task.
Ref: https://platforms.substack.com/p/heath-ledger-and-the-untold-half
Jamin, you just made the case for Databricks. Databricks Apps provide a seamless way to host applications and takes care of the Authorization for the developer. By using the Python SDK, the developer has access to Databricks Workflows, Lakebase, Model Serving, Agent Bricks, Genie (Text-to-SQL), Data Warehousing, and every other component on the Databricks platform that is needed to build a compound AI Application.
Finally people realising that Agentic workflows require orchestrators
95% of an "agent" is work that can be handled by serverless, quick to start orchestrators doing what is fundamentally data work.
Been hearing a lot about this new cybersecurity company "Cyera" - any interest in covering them in a future blog?
Temporal and Orkes should benefit from this trend
This is an excellent analysis. I looked at the topic from a slightly different angle - the need for orchestration- and posted about it on my Substack as well. https://movinture.substack.com/p/agentic-ai-and-role-of-orchestration
Temporal is going to have it's moment.