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Creators of Intelligence

By : Dr. Alex Antic
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Creators of Intelligence

By: Dr. Alex Antic

Overview of this book

A Gartner prediction in 2018 led to numerous articles stating that "85% of AI and machine learning projects fail to deliver.” Although it's unclear whether a mass extinction event occurred for AI implementations at the end of 2022, the question remains: how can I ensure that my project delivers value and doesn't become a statistic? The demand for data scientists has only grown since 2015, when they were dubbed the new “rock stars” of business. But how can you become a data science rock star? As a new senior data leader, how can you build and manage a productive team? And what is the path to becoming a chief data officer? Creators of Intelligence is a collection of in-depth, one-on-one interviews where Dr. Alex Antic, a recognized data science leader, explores the answers to these questions and more with some of the world's leading data science leaders and CDOs. Interviews with: Cortnie Abercrombie, Edward Santow, Kshira Saagar, Charles Martin, Petar Veličković, Kathleen Maley, Kirk Borne, Nikolaj Van Omme, Jason Tamara Widjaja, Jon Whittle, Althea Davis, Igor Halperin, Christina Stathopoulos, Angshuman Ghosh, Maria Milosavljevic, Dr. Meri Rosich, Dat Tran, and Stephane Doyen.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Chapter 1: Introducing the Creators of Intelligence

Observing changes in the field

AA: Apart from the proliferation of online courses, how have you seen the field change throughout your career? What have you observed, and where do you see it going?

CS: Online courses, as you just mentioned, have changed the landscape a lot, making it more accessible for the general public to get started.

Outside of that, I have seen a continuous state of change in the data science and analytics field. Technology has, of course, changed. It is improving to be more affordable for all and, at the same time, more powerful. This is great news for everyone because it means that we are experiencing data democratization whereby advanced data applications are not limited to the digital tech giants as they were in the past; they are more open and accessible for small or even family-run businesses.

I’ll give you an example with regard to technology. When I studied for my bachelor’s degree, we used SAS software from SAS Institute. It was...