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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

Applying ethics in practice

AA: The next question applies directly to my background in the technical space, and it’s where I see a lot of peers and colleagues struggling in trying to understand the role they play in implementing responsible technology. Given that they don’t tend to come from an ethical or legal background, it seems like they often struggle to understand what we can do apart from just trying to think about bias in data from a statistical point of view. Is there anything that they should be or could be doing to make sure that the solutions they’re developing are developed in a conscious way, from data ingestion and model development to deployment and engaging with internal stakeholders?

ES: It’s a great question. There’s a cliche that is pretty applicable in this context: the technical people and the strategic people are all speaking English, but not the same language. That’s really common – worryingly so. So, what...