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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

Cortnie Abercrombie Wants the Truth

With a wealth of experience as a C-suite AI and analytics leader, Cortnie Abercrombie is well placed to provide targeted advice to new and veteran data leaders alike, and to comment on the state of the AI field. She is the CEO and founder of AI Truth (www.AITruth.org), a founding editorial board member for Springer Nature’s AI and Ethics journal, and the former Chief Data Officer (CDO) of IBM.

Cortnie is also the author of What You Don’t Know: AI’s Unseen Influence on Your Life and How to Take Back Control, which explains what companies are doing with AI that can impact your life, as well as the changes we should demand for the future. I was particularly keen to hear about her previous experience as a senior executive at IBM, which gave her a unique opportunity to see how Fortune 500 companies traversed successes and failures on their journey to becoming data-driven organizations.