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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

Ethical AI

AA: One thing that I’ve been increasingly asked to speak and write about recently has been the whole topic of ethical and responsible AI – it’s becoming big. A lot has been written – there are a lot of policies and frameworks around it. How do you actually make it practical and put it into practice, especially within the APS? What do you think are some of the steps that need to be taken to realize it?

MM: Step number 1 is understanding the “why” of the problem. In the private sector, it might be profit, but in government, the question is, “Why does this problem actually matter? What are the risks to government, to the community, to the nation as a whole, and globally, if we do not solve this problem?” Then, you need to understand what data is required to solve the problem and what risks are associated with the data. People jump on ethics straight away, but it’s not the only risk. I prefer to talk about trust...