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AI & Data Literacy

By : Bill Schmarzo
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AI & Data Literacy

By: Bill Schmarzo

Overview of this book

AI is undoubtedly a game-changing tool with immense potential to improve human life. This book aims to empower you as a Citizen of Data Science, covering the privacy, ethics, and theoretical concepts you’ll need to exploit to thrive amid the current and future developments in the AI landscape. We'll explore AI's inner workings, user intent, and the critical role of the AI utility function while also briefly touching on statistics and prediction to build decision models that leverage AI and data for highly informed, more accurate, and less risky decisions. Additionally, we'll discuss how organizations of all sizes can leverage AI and data to engineer or create value. We'll establish why economies of learning are more powerful than the economies of scale in a digital-centric world. Ethics and personal/organizational empowerment in the context of AI will also be addressed. Lastly, we'll delve into ChatGPT and the role of Large Language Models (LLMs), preparing you for the growing importance of Generative AI. By the end of the book, you'll have a deeper understanding of AI and how best to leverage it and thrive alongside it.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Index

A history lesson on team empowerment

In the 1805 Battle of the Trafalgar, British Admiral Lord Nelson faced the superior forces of the combined French and Spanish naval armada. The French and Spanish naval armada was determined to clear a path for Napoleon to invade England, and only Lord Nelson stood in their way. Lord Nelson was severely outnumbered and outgunned, so he needed to reframe his battle strategy to overcome these debilitating disadvantages. In 1805, the standard method of naval warfare involved ships lining up parallel to each other to maximize the effectiveness of their cannons. Naval battle in the Age of Sail was a simple game of math—firing more cannonballs more quickly than your opponent was the best way to ensure victory.

Figure 9.1: Traditional Naval Warfare Formation

Given his underdog situation, Lord Nelson decided on a different naval engagement strategy. Instead of the traditional parallel arrangement, he arranged his ships perpendicularly and drove them...