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In this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Esther Baldwin, Artificial Intelligence Solutions Architect at Intel. Esther talks about AI for Good and how she was inspired by her mother to make a difference in the world. She encourages young people entering the industry to have courage – to talk to experts and leaders, to learn and grow, and not to let them themselves be held back. Esther recommends following fellow Intel star Riva Tez at https://twitter.com/rivatez for inspiration on this. A Forrester study noted that pre-configured and verified IT infrastructure was a key strategy for addressing solution complexity. Esther notes that our work isn’t complete unless solutions are consumable by customers at scale. On the topic of HPC & AI converged clusters, there’s a perception that if you want to do AI, you must stand up a separate cluster, which Esther notes is not true. Existing HPC customers can do AI on their existing infrastructure with solutions like HPC & AI converged clusters. Howev