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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

Understanding ethics

Ethics are the moral principles governing a person’s behavior or actions, the principles of right and wrong generally accepted by an individual or a social group. Or as my mom used to say, “Ethics is what you do when no one is watching.”AI ethics, on the other hand, is a field of study that focuses on AI's ethical development, application, and management. AI ethics involves identifying and exploring the potential unintended consequences of AI and considering how AI can be used fairly and responsibly to benefit society.

Proactive vs. passive ethics

An essential characteristic of ethics is that ethics is proactive, not passive. Ethics is proactive in compelling appropriate actions considering society's moral standards versus just abdicating appropriate actions to someone else. And if you don’t know the difference between passive and active ethics, then it’s time for a bible lesson refresher – The Parable of the Good...