I saw an odd headline asking “when will AI replace cloud computing?” It’s a non-sequitur. Sort of like asking when a layer 7 function is replaced by a layer 1 function. In other words, AI exists at a different layer of the software stack.
OSI Model | AI/Cloud Layer |
7. Application (user-facing apps) | AI Model Deployment & APIs4 |
6. Presentation (data formatting/encryption) | Data Preprocessing/Feature Engineering4 |
5. Session (connection management) | Cloud API Gateway Management2 |
4. Transport (data integrity) | Distributed Training Orchestration4 |
3. Network (routing) | Cloud Network Virtualization2 |
2. Data Link (node-to-node transfer) | GPU Cluster Interconnects2 |
1. Physical (hardware) | Cloud Infrastructure (GPUs/TPUs) |
Saying AI replaces cloud computing is like saying "video games replace electricity." Cloud computing is infrastructure, supplying functions lower in the stack.
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