Week-1 Learning about AI Infrastructure

The Start of Something?

Well, consider this my debut into writing tech-related posts. I wanted to keep this separate from everything else, but guess what? I’m too lazy for that.

For the past few years, the biggest buzzword in tech has been AI. I’ve never really been a fan of AI or ML ever since I was first introduced to them in college. Back then, it always seemed to revolve around image recognition projects, training models with a Python library, and little else. To be honest, it never really fascinated me.

But recently, AI has finally caught my attention not because LLMs are amazing (though they are impressive), but because there seem to be genuinely interesting problems to solve at the infrastructure level. That’s where my curiosity lies.

Hardware is becoming increasingly expensive, and it feels like we’re reaching a point where software has to step up and make this whole AI thing cheaper and more efficient. I’m pretty much starting from scratch here. Sure, I played around with some of this stuff in college, but I absolutely dreaded it back then.

So this series could go one of two ways: either it becomes a spectacular flop and this ends up being the last post on this topic you ever see from me, or it finds at least a little bit of success. We’ll find out together.

Why am I writing about this in the first place?

There are a few reasons. The main one is that I want to reflect on how I’m going to learn new topics in this era of AI. Things have changed dramatically since the rise of LLMs. Learning is easier than ever. I can ask an AI to explain concepts, generate diagrams, create visuals, or even produce videos to help me understand something.

But will I actually learn anything that way?

I’m not entirely sure.

I want to experiment with using AI to learn faster while still preserving some of the aspects of traditional learning that I think matter. This series is essentially a record of that experiment. At the very least, it’ll help me document my journey. If it ends up helping someone else along the way, that’s a bonus.

The second reason is accountability.

Accountability creates discipline, and honestly, I could use some of that right now. If I keep writing consistently, missing a “Monday Mandatory” blog post will eventually feel like a bigger deal. Then again, I’ve always been pretty shameless about abandoning self-imposed commitments, so we’ll see how that goes too.

No promises.

Anyway, that’s enough rambling for today.

See you next Monday.

Peace.