Post on 18-Mar-2018
Practical AI Uses
and the AI Data Gap
Kenneth CukierSenior Editor, The Economist
Coauthor “Big Data: A revolution that transforms how we live, work and think”
NASSCOM ILF 2018 • Hyderabad, India • February 19th 2018
a story. . .
ai
ai
machine learning
ai
machine learning
patterns in data
how?
everywhere, everyday
inference
inference
what the technology lowers the cost of?
inference
what the technology lowers the cost of?
computer → arithmetic
inference
what the technology lowers the cost of?
computer → arithmetic
inference
what the technology lowers the cost of?
computer → arithmetic
inference
what the technology lowers the cost of?
computer → arithmetic
ai → prediction
inference
what the technology lowers the cost of?
computer → arithmetic
ai → prediction
turn things into prediction problems
and solve them with ai
uses
uses
scale | speed | accuracy
complexity
complexity
spot patterns humans miss
challenges
challenges
jobs
challenges
jobs
data
lip-reading unique words
oxford & deepmind: 17,428
oxford lipnet: 51
challenges
jobs
data
explainability
challenges
joba
data
explainability
privacy
moral obligation to use data
practical ai
thank you
KennethCukier@Economist.com
@kncukier