This month, Lead Principal Technologist and Coffee Break host Andrew Miller welcomes AI practitioner Dr. Robert Alvarez––a teacher and former AI solutions architect for NASA. For those who joined us last November, Robert and Richard are indeed friends, although Robert wholly embraces pineapple on pizza (a controversial subject we’ll be sure to explore).
More seriously, we realized that while there’s a lot of AI news, it’s difficult to see how a large language model (LLM) really works. Yet, there’s real value in that core knowledge to help build your understanding of the overall AI space. Given that, we’ll discuss:
- How models work in a non-mathematical way. Why are we able to use LLMs, and why are they so good?
- Moving beyond language to video from LLMs to LVMs
- Specular decoding, multi-modal challenges, agentic AI, and a bit of DeepSeek commentary
We’ll also share Pure Storage advances with a deeper discussion of announcements from March 2025 at GTC and ongoing updates. As always, we’ll keep it educational while exploring the advantages of Pure Storage solutions. Stick around after the session for a live Q&A with the team.
LIVE RAFFLE: One lucky attendee will win a YETI Coffee Lover Set (approx. value $132.16). See Terms and Conditions.
About the Pure Storage Coffee Break Series: Each month, we invite experts in technology and business to chat about the themes driving today’s IT agenda. This is no webinar or training session. It’s a freewheeling conversation that’s as fun as it is informative—and the perfect way to break up your day. While we’ll wander into Pure Storage technology, our goal is to educate and entertain rather than sell.
