Machine Meets World: Recent Episodes
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An interview recorded live with Experian’s Kevin Chen - Chief Scientist, North America Experian DataLabs on #MachineMeetsWorld.
An interview recorded live with Celonis VP Product Management JP Thomsen on #MachineMeetsWorld.
An interview recorded live with AtScale Executive Chairman & CEO Chris Lynch on #MachineMeetsWorld.
Chris is also DataRobot’s Chairman of the Board.
An interview recorded live with ISG Automation's Global Head of Intelligent Automation Solutions Wayne Butterfield on #MachineMeetsWorld.
An interview recorded live with the authors of “The Human Factor in AI-Based Decision-Making,” an article in MIT Sloan Management Review.
Philip Meissner is a Professor at ESCP Business School in Berlin. Christoph Keding is a Research Associate at the school.
"Don't come try to solve the AI/machine learning problem until you really have discipline and understanding of your data assets."
An interview with Veritone President Ryan Steelberg, recorded live on LinkedIn.
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Diving into the build vs. buy debate with the Head of AI at WorkFusion, Paul Tepper.
Recorded live on LinkedIn.
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The way we work with documents is changing forever. Let’s talk about it with David Parmenter, Director, Data & Engineering, Adobe Document Cloud.
Recorded live on LinkedIn.
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Talking information, knowledge, and AI with Onna COO Kelly Griswold.
Recorded live on LinkedIn.
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Talking AI, automation, and the future of work with the Director of AI/ML at UiPath, Sunil Tahilramani.
Recorded live on LinkedIn.
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Talking AI with Head of AI & Tech Products at Fidelity Investments, Himanshu Kalkar. Recorded live on LinkedIn.
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What can business leaders can learn from the UN's approach to AI?
Listen to our interview with United Nations AI advisor Neil Sahota, recorded live on LinkedIn.
We also discuss the impact of IBM's Watson in the ten years since it won Jeopardy!
A conversation with Infinia ML VP of Data Science Ya Xue.
Watch the LinkedIn Live video recording:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/infiniaml_were-going-live-with-our-vp-data-science-activity-6836007718264819713-V0Q4
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A conversation with Infinia ML Director of Software Operations Amberly Rowles-Lawson.
Watch the LinkedIn Live video recording:
https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6826557456739508224/
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If you deploy AI and no one uses it, does it make an impact?
From Infinia ML | Intelligent Document Processing | https://hubs.ly/H0T45v20
Primer CEO Sean Gourley shares three lessons on AI user experience:
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Set the Right Expectations
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Don’t Expect Perfection
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Make the AI Understandable
As Sean says, “the best AI isn't always the one that wins.”
Machine Meets World is Infinia ML’s ongoing conversation about artificial intelligence.
Read the written article version of this video:
https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/are-you-doing-ai-with-humans-in-mind-primer-ceo-sean-gourley-d9a00b72388b?source=friends_link&sk=a8a926c489fd2adf3a413c26bd863a9c
People don’t want AI - they want solutions.
From Infinia ML | Intelligent Document Processing | https://hubs.ly/H0R9qX20
Do you want your AI system to have real business impact? Listen to Igor Jablokov.
Igor's voice recognition company Yap was acquired by Amazon and the technology became part of Alexa.
Now, he’s the CEO and founder of Pryon, which uses AI for knowledge management.
Three lessons from our conversation:
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Focus on Solutions, Not Technology
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Focus on User Experience
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Focus on the Fittest (as in, in the survival of)
“Many executives have the lifespan of a fruit fly. They basically have less than six months to show impact. And they couldn't care less if they have to adopt snow cones or AI in order to do that.”
Machine Meets World is Infinia ML’s ongoing conversation about artificial intelligence.
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https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/when-does-ai-have-real-impact-pryon-ceo-igor-jablokov-cb703911ae98?source=friends_link&sk=8e9263aa47337c722f7d92d13ade4a9e
AI for everyone is more like AI for no one.
From Infinia ML | Intelligent Document Processing | https://hubs.ly/H0RcTqk0
Jerry Ting, co-founder and CEO of contract processing company Evisort, shares bedrock principles for applying AI in any business:
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Aim for Business Impact
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Pick a Specific Problem
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Rethink How People Work
“I think there's no value business-wise in applying AI just to apply AI. It means nothing. . . . If you can't reduce costs or generate more revenue, you can have the best technology in the world, but from a business perspective, who cares?”
Machine Meets World is Infinia ML’s ongoing conversation about artificial intelligence.
Read the written article version of this video:
https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/seriously-why-are-you-doing-ai-evisort-ceo-jerry-ting-321aab6b0abb?source=friends_link&sk=57bf7fb973a2e1ab4694b1ee4aee0894
Adding AI and automation to your workforce? Better listen to your workers.
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Kevin Roose, New York Times technology columnist and author of Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, shares three lessons for business leaders on Machine Meets World.
"Often the parts that seem boring to a manager are actually kind of the fun parts for a worker,” says Kevin.
"Involving people in the process, asking them, 'which parts of your job can be augmented, how would you like to be augmented in your work?' rather than just imposing the stuff from the top down seems to be a better path."
Machine Meets World is Infinia ML’s ongoing conversation about artificial intelligence. Read the written article version of this video:
https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/how-should-you-automate-workers-ny-times-columnist-kevin-roose-cc32a39f1f0a?source=friends_link&sk=94a616e5038770a6b51fad6815f416da
What could an almost magical AI writing machine like OpenAI’s GPT-3 mean for your business?
From Infinia ML | Intelligent Document Processing | https://infiniaml.com
OpenAI Senior Vice President of Research, Product & Partnerships Mira Murati shares lessons for leaders on Machine Meets World, Infinia ML's ongoing conversation about artificial intelligence.
“You don't have to write in the language of the machine” says Mira. “You're providing your commands in natural language.”
“If you can use such powerful models to do various things without requiring ML knowledge or software engineering expertise, that's extremely powerful because anyone can use them.”
Read the written article version of this video:
https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/will-an-ai-writer-like-gpt-3-change-your-business-openai-s-mira-murati-1f5845f47f01?source=friends_link&sk=0b051d9fb524d37d9ddf86b23357edac
Our daughters aren’t doing data science. What’s the deal? Hear Margot Gerritsen on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3mhZ9KW
“They were afraid that these robots were going to take their jobs.” Not so much anymore.
Workplace expert Dan Schawbel explains changing feelings about technology on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3m4aC0p
PowerSecure’s Marshall Worth makes a strong case for monitoring AI on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3c7QJSH
“If in order to drive a car you're required to understand how it works, you would never move it.”
Hear Samsung SDS VP of Artificial Intelligence Patrick Bangert on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/2NkIY2h
Let's talk AI history, sci-fi, and AGI. New York Times AI reporter Cade Metz joins #MachineMeetsWorld to discuss his new book, “Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought A.I. to Google, Facebook, and the World.”
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3tdbeU3
“AI is actually going to become kind of like a utility. It's going to be accessible to pretty much everyone.”
Watch NVIDIA’s Adam Scraba on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3revbsQ
In just a few years, we’ll be convincingly fooled by AI-powered avatars in virtual reality, says The Glimpse Group CEO Lyron Bentovim.
Watch the conversation on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3pJkrkH
“We like to think of ourselves as incrementalists, rather than innovators.”
Why would an AI-focused insurtech CEO resist being an innovator?
Traffk’s Paul Ford explains on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
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How do you build an AI leadership coach that’s beneficial and not biased? Bunch CTO Charles Ahmadzadeh is on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3a56fOw
“I think a lot of people think that AI is just keyword search,” says Compass Experience Labs CEO Erin Armendinger. She pops that perception on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Transcript + Video: https://bit.ly/36AV3XA
UBI because AI? Humanity Forward Chief Spokesman Greg Nasif talks universal basic income on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Corporations have rights. Should AI? Watch Flynn Coleman, human rights lawyer and author of “A Human Algorithm,” on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/38YK248
“When you’re picking an AI solution, picking as simple as possible to start with is actually always the best advice.”
Akash Maharaj, Senior Data Scientist at Adobe, gets real on AI complexity and ethics on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/2LNcHj9
“It’s good in some senses to move fast and break things . . . but with AI it’s very, very dangerous.”
bnh.ai’s Andrew Burt talks AI law and liability on an insight-filled #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3bbz2BB
“The successes are piling up.” On the cusp of #CES2021, Consumer Technology Association SVP Brian Markwalter talks AI from at the industry level on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3rxn4YT
AI is a marketing superpower — but are marketers ready to use it? Watch Paul Roetzer, CEO of the Marketing AI institute, on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + transcript: https://bit.ly/3r2WKpa
For more than a decade, Interos relied on human experts to assess supply chain risk. Then came AI - and COVID-19.
Watch CEO Jennifer Bisceglie on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Transcript: https://bit.ly/33REZzi
Cresta CEO Zyad Enam says that when it comes to sharing knowledge, AI will be “the book that writes itself.” Watch his interview on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + Transcript: https://bit.ly/37ovEQx
DXC’s Chris Drumgoole says human oversight won’t hold AI back - in fact, it will speed it up. Get a practical perspective from this Fortune 500 CIO on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video + Transcript: https://bit.ly/3lGXL3o
“The example is always used with the horse and buggy…when you transition that to the car. I don’t think they understand: in the analogy, we’re actually the horse.”
Fortress CEO Pankaj Chowdhry talks the future of work on the latest Machine Meets World.
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Video + Transcript: https://bit.ly/3ncuFt6
What would it mean to treat AI as an employee? Hear from UNC’s Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
Jarrahi is a Fellow at Rethinc. Labs, part of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
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Video and transcript: https://bit.ly/3kAuKG3
Journalist Seyward Darby’s “Sisters in Hate” explores the role of women in white nationalism. On Machine Meets World, we explore the relationship between algorithms and the alt-right.
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Video and transcript: https://bit.ly/34dTTQT
LifeLink CEO Greg Johnsen says AI-powered chatbots can trim the "fat belly" of healthcare costs.
“It’s all about using technology to free smart minds up to do the things that they’re really good at.”
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Video and transcript: https://bit.ly/3dlEAc0
When it comes to artificial intelligence, how smart is the Department of Defense?
Booz Allen Hamilton Chief Scientist Edward Raff talks AI and national security on #MachineMeets World.
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Video and transcript: https://bit.ly/3lcq09s
How does the CFO of a global organization introduce AI to employees who naturally fear it? Hear from RTI International’s Michael Kaelin on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
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“‘What's the emotion around this?’ is probably a great starting point.”
Oracle’s Head of Transformation and Offerings Stephanie Trunzo speaks to the human side of digital transformation on the latest #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video and transcript: https://bit.ly/3iZxYlq
What does Congress think about AI?
On the latest episode of Machine Meets World, Congressmen Pete Olson (R-TX) and Jerry McNerney (D-CA), the co-chairs of the Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus, explore AI risks from China to HAL 9000.
Video and transcript:
https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/congressional-ai-co-chairs-pete-olson-and-jerry-mcnerney-on-ai-risks-from-china-to-hal-9000-f5c2e0a8d44d
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John Deere applies artificial intelligence in the field - literally.
But the company’s AI lessons apply well beyond agriculture.
Hear our interview with Digital Product Management & Analytics Director Doug Sauder on #MachineMeetsWorld.
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/ai-lessons-from-the-literal-field-3536cfd26a7
Can AI help us figure out the truth online? Yonder CEO Jonathon Morgan talks Internet factions, social media, and “the algo.”
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/can-ai-help-us-discern-whats-true-73e27322d9c6
“Just adding an algorithm doesn’t make anything inherently better.”
Axios Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried talks artificial intelligence with Infinia ML’s James Kotecki.
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Video + transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/explainable-ai-takes-work-fe961759ad3f
Chris Benson, Principal Emerging Technologies Strategist at Lockheed Martin, talks artificial intelligence with Infinia ML's James Kotecki.
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/it-is-up-to-every-citizen-7c590c3bf491
Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of AI & Analytics at Cognizant, talks artificial intelligence with Infinia ML's James Kotecki.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
“Most AI projects are actually data projects.” (5:15)
Responsible AI is for business leaders, not just technologists. (14:19)
The value of AI that can quickly adapt as the rules change. (23:17)
AGI is an interesting thought experiment - and a confusing distraction. (25:22)
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Video + transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/data-all-the-way-down-aba84e773369
Karen Hao, Senior AI Reporter at MIT Technology Review, talks artificial intelligence with Infinia ML's James Kotecki.
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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
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The challenge of an AI ethics consensus (5:04)
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It’s not too late to regulate face recognition (9:29)
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On her recent article, “The problems AI has today go back centuries” (18:56) (Read the article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/31/1005824/decolonial-ai-for-everyone/)
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The AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) Lightning Round! (26:56)
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/the-urgency-of-ai-ethics-4eb0dc835cb3
Scott Stephenson, CEO of the speech recognition company Deepgram, talks artificial intelligence with Infinia ML's James Kotecki.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
How working in a “James Bond lair" led to the development of Deepgram. (4:14)
How doing particle physics is like doing deep learning for speech. (6:10)
Machines will be low-cost analysts of conversations. (15:57)
How always-on recording can change human behavior. (19:58)
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/from-the-laws-of-the-universe-to-the-laws-of-intelligence-53ff91ee6049
Daniel Faggella, CEO of Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research and host of two AI podcasts, talks (what else!) AI with James Kotecki of Infinia ML.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
The chasm between AI’s present and long-term implications. (5:55)
Why businesses waste so much money on AI. (13:02)
The business challenge of keeping pace with AI’s advancing capabilities. (17:31)
Why most companies could see “a net tick backwards from AI in the very near term.” (22:00)
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/why-ai-wastes-so-much-money-40804866dde9
Pryon CEO Igor Jablokov talks artificial intelligence with Infinia ML’s James Kotecki.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
Humans can’t grasp AI’s full potential [6:37]
Sci-fi predictions vs. business forecasting [9:56]
Democratizing AI to reduce inequality [22:39]
Accessible augmented intelligence through natural language [26:01]
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/a-vision-for-democratized-ai-bbe0a427357f
Brad Hirsch , CEO and co-founder of SignalPath, talks artificial intelligence and medical trials with James Kotecki of Infinia ML.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
Why SignalPath automation doesn’t put jobs at risk [7:08 and 9:37]
The next frontier for automation in clinical trials [14:43]
The promise of less busywork and more helpful science [17:13]
Optimism for the future of clinical trials [25:34]
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/less-busywork-more-science-457d9be6aedc?source=collection_home---4------6-----------------------
J.P. Gownder, VP, Principal Analyst at Forrester, talks artificial intelligence with James Kotecki, Director of Marketing at Infinia ML.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
Why AI governance must include ethics, explainability, accountability, and operation of the model [15:17]
A human-centered view of artificial intelligence [9:21]
The coming decade of job loss, job gains, and job transformation [24:49]
Gownder’s science fiction recommendations, which tackle inequality, climate change, and AI [27:24]
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/a-human-centered-view-of-ai-in-business-5f9b98c3d0d?source=collection_home---4------7-----------------------
Tara Chklovski, CEO and founder of Technovation, talks artificial intelligence with James Kotecki, Director of Marketing at Infinia ML.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
Why Technovation Demystifies AI [3:44]
A Focus on Grassroots AI [6:34]
How Technovation Demystifies AI [24:39]
The Technovation “Trick”: Adults and Kids Learn AI Together [26:51]
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Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/technovations-tara-chklovski-on-machine-meets-world-infinia-ml-1a8cca1171cc?source=collection_home---4------8-----------------------
Amy E. Hodler, Director, Graph Analytics and AI Programs at Neo4j, talks artificial intelligence with James Kotecki, Director of Marketing at Infinia ML.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Striking Examples of AI Failure [5:10]
- Why Talking to Data Scientists Gives Her Hope [18:44]
- The Need for a Public Conversation about AI Expectations [20:41]
- Bias Isn’t Always Bad [24:35]
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SEE ALSO
Amy Hodler’s Speech on Responsible AI (November 11, 2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocadAuzfSnE
Video and transcript: https://medium.com/machine-meets-world/neo4js-amy-hodler-c4408697d52f
Ben Pring, Director of the Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant, talks artificial intelligence with James Kotecki, Director of Marketing at Infinia ML.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
The Machine Learning Demo that Scared Him [11:51]
The Modern Relevance of Orwell’s 1984 [18:32] (Ben says the book was published on June 9th, but it was actually published June 8th. We’re inclined to let this slide.)
Avoiding the Fate of Cigarette Execs [22:42]
Regulation: Adding Traffic Signs to the Information Superhighway [27:35]
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