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...
Book Review: The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book
I first ordered The Hundred-Page Machine Learning book back in May and am only just now finishing it up. In COVID-time, that was about 10 years ago. As you might have inferred, this book is NOT a quick read. What it lacks in easy reading, it makes up for...