AI Literate Citizen

AI-related projects are not typical IT projects with a traditional waterfall approach.  My conversation with Lisa Palmer, Chief AI Strategist & Ethicist, AI Leaders focused around her recent doctorial thesis and research on 'Artifical Intelligence: Are For-Profit Entities using the "Do the right thing' goverance to drive business results"   When her customers claimed they were 'doing the right...

A recent graduate from Nichols College in Boston, MA and now working as an Automation Engineer at Paragus IT, Skyla started her educational journey with an Accounting degree,  but later changed that concentration to technology and automation.    In a conversation with her advisor, it was suggested perhaps Accounting wasn't the right fit. These discussions led to an internship through Center of Int...

AI4Good. We talk about this often but haven't focused a lot of time on understanding the 'good' part of this phrase. It is women like Shiran Somech who are using AI technologies that truly have a global social impact.   She has found the perfect blend of her two (2) primary passions of AI technologies and wants to make a visible social impact on women's rights. Our discussion talks about her initi...

"Best Friends is transforming the animal welfare industry and data is transforming Best Friends", Michelle Dunivan, PhD Dunivan, Analytics Director of Best Friends Animal Society.  As we approach the 2022 holidays in the United States, the adoption of kittens & puppies increases as gifts to family members.   What we don't see is everything behind the scenes to ensure your local animal shelter...

"There is no such thing as a bad project, only poor project planning." Personally, this has been my quote for 15+ years. Executing a good project plan is a balance between decisions and data. The decisions we make before and during the project and data availability facilitate those decisions.   We have all been there. Using XLS instead of Microsoft Project to create a project plan with just enough...

According to a World Economic Forum study, it would take 152 years to close the gender gap if we did nothing more than what we do today.  This was just one insight during my discussion with Debbie Botha, Global Chief Partnership Officer, who further describes the Women in AI organization as a 'Do-Tank', not just another 'Think-Tank.  "Even with the hardest efforts, we will still be biased human be...

Is customer service really servicing the customer if the priority is capturing data rather than understanding the customer?   Think about the last time you called customer service and spoke with someone who spent more time on data entry than really helping you, or what about a non-profit organization whose support center is manned by volunteers or interns?  Perhaps the customer service agent does...

TBDWith the increase of AI technologies and, at the same time, a decrease in the cost of using those technologies, we are seeing a rise in startups and small businesses that can focus attention on solving specific business challenges.    In this episode, Erin McFarlane, VP of Product Innovation at the Boston, MA startup Fairmarkit is doing just that with a new round of funding in 2022, bringing 'f...

As older generations (last of the baby boomers) are expected to be fully out of the workforce in the next 5-8 years, the organization will be left with a void of resources with deep expertise expanding over a career of 25 years.    Their replacements? A new wave of resources leveraging data and AI technologies. Many of us already in the workforce have learned on the job or been taught by co-worker...

Our guest today is Mara Pometti. She outlines her professional journey from Journalist to AI Strategist and covers topics:  - Predictive maintenance solutions in the energy sector.  Specifically, failures in high voltage cables routing energy from the wind farm to the mainland - Translating data through technical KPIS using visual data story - Perspectives on how the EMEA is embracing AI technolog...

User experience (UX) design defines a user's experience when interacting with a digital product, application, or website. It is the primary layer between the user and the technology. Design decisions in UX design are often driven by research, data analysis, and test results rather than aesthetic preferences and opinions.  Software applications focus on UX design to bridge the gap between the resul...

I love food & I have embraced AI Technologies. Therefore, I was excited to discover Andrew Yip, Head of Future Foods at Monde Nissan Singapore.  In this conversation with Andrew, we take a discovery perspective of breaking down food to its chemical components, understanding taste and texture, where AI technologies are getting deployed today, and where we might see AI Technologies in the future...

What if using AI technologies could remove the unconscious human bias when evaluating & segmenting unstructured data? What if we are no longer required to store petabytes (1 petabyte = 1 million gigabytes) of historical, industry-specific data to reference and compare? That is the focus of the discussion with Adriano Garibotto, Co-founder - Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Creactives SpA...

Discussion today focuses on how AI is slowly started to making its way into the legal system in India, as well as, trends Divya is observing as a practising advocate (lawyer / attorney).  A constant learner, she has recently has focused on AI policy and auditing for AI processes.    Divya also talks about global resources and connections she has used which can assist others in starting or continui...

This episode explores from point in time when an executive leader say 'This is our goal for this year' to understanding how to identify & 'right size' the enterprise data to support those strategic goals.   I 1st heard the term 'right-size' when I worked in waste management. The goal of 'right-sizing' is to ensure you have the right solution to meet the customer's needs at a cost that is accep...

In this episode, we explore the obstacles & value of deploying AI-infused (in-country) weather solutions with a goal to impact 195 countries worldwide.  Anna Prouse is an internationally recognized foreign correspondent with expertise in Middle Eastern, African, European, and Indonesian culture, politics, and business.  International Red Cross Delegate and advisor to governments and...