Artificial Intelligence at the Speed of Caution
AI is advancing so fast that even the experts have a tough time keeping up. I’m not talking about the progress towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), but rather the speed at which new AI-enabled tools, use cases, technologies, and terminologies are being deployed. Every day there is an updated...
Artificial Intelligence Trends That are Here to Stay
There is a well-known quote from Jeff Bezos about how he plans for the future. “I very frequently get the question: ‘What’s going to change in the next 10 years?’ And that is a very interesting question; it’s a very common one. I almost never get the question: ‘What’s...
Synthetic Data: Innovation or Illusion?
Too many artificial intelligence correspondents are singing the praises for synthetic data without diving into the details. Synthetic data is currently a subset of one of the three driving factors that will decide the pace of advancement of AI models. These factors include: So far, more compute trained on...
The Tech Translator Will be the New Accountant
The other day, I went to the dentist to get a regular cleaning. I was a new customer for this practice so I had to go through the whole rigamarole with the x-rays despite sending them files from my previous Dental office. After the x-rays, I was escorted to...
When Does AI Make Sense?
Every emerging technology is accompanied by CEOs champing at the bit. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is no different. The C-Suite is throwing “AI” into as many conversations as possible to appease shareholders and give off the appearance of a technologically savvy company. While organizations love to embrace new technologies,...
AI Will Not Replace Tech Jobs
In an era teeming with technological advancements, the fears surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) have become dramatized to say the least. The widespread concern that AI will displace tech workers, among many others, seems to be the prevailing narrative. Do not let the media’s obsession with doom and gloom get...
Building a Climate Change MEME Generator
Memes are the most efficient messenger in society today. Is there any other vehicle that can carry a powerful statement across the world as quickly and efficiently as a good meme? This thought process was the inspiration for my group’s entry into OpenAI’s recent Climate Hackathon: The Climate Change...
Software Will Replace Your Financial Advisor
As a data scientist, I find it hard to believe that anyone would trust their financial portfolio to an advisor who doesn’t understand the basics of statistics and probability. Yet, how many investors do you know who blindly trust their advisor or financial planner? How many of those advisors...
Poor Data Quality Destroys Machine Learning Models
Whether it is Alexa answering a question or Elon preaching self-driving cars, business leaders see exciting machine learning use cases everywhere they look. The hype around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is staggering. So much of the mainstream discussion centers around these exciting applications, but they often...
Which Tech Jobs Cannot Be Replaced By AI?
The inspiration for expanding upon my prior predictions came from a recent phrase that I heard, “whatever can be automated will be automated”. With such obvious monetary incentives for organizations to automate, the million dollar question is how should a tech professional best prepare themselves for the future. In...