Do you want to build the ultimate search engine that works perfectly for your business? A multimodal system processes all types of information like images, videos, audio, and text. It can end up either as a Frankenstein or a Swiss knife depending on how clunky or how smoothly these models communicate with one another. In this episode of the AI and Digital Transformation Podcast by G.M.S.C. Consulting, we had a chat with Duarte Carmo about building a customized multimodal search engine. We learned about his experience on building a multimodal search engine for a startup, and things you need to consider when building an AI product that does not rely heavily on big tech’s costly services.  If you like tinkering and using non-conventional methods to build personalized AI products like a multimodal search engine, this is the episode for you.  Who is Duarte Carmo? Duarte is a Portuguese technologist who is now based in Copenhagen. He loves finding ways on making technology improve people’s lives. He solves problems end-to-end by combining his interests and work experience in Machine Learning, Data, Software Engineering, and People. If he’s not working on a project, you’ll find him learning about new gadgets, writing code, taking photos, or running. Check out our ⁠show notes⁠ for more info on Duarte Carmo. --- Time Stamps (00:00:00) Trailer (00:01:07) Who is Duarte? (00:02:57) Use case: building a multimodal search engine (00:08:23) Challenges of developing and using a multimodal search engine (00:12:23) Human + machine: precision, reasoning and language (00:16:34) Challenges of communicating between humans and machines: freedom vs restriction, bias vs. variance (00:19:13) Why is it important to ask your client what their problem is? (00:22:58) Building an AI product: iterative approach vs. perfect launch (00:26:49) Priorities in AI development (00:31:29) Are customized AI solutions affordable or too expensive for small and medium businesses? (00:36:42) Privacy as a concern for multimodal search engines; APIs and privacy (00:38:56) Duarte’s achievement of building a customized multimodal search engine (00:40:14) Final remarks and book recommendations --- More on G.M.S.C. Consulting Follow us on our socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book an appointment⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with us. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Music credits: storyblocks.com Logo credits: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joshua Coleman, Unsplash⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsc-consulting/message