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Dec 2020
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425: The Past, Present, and Future of AI...

Jon Krohn
About this episode

Rama Akkiraju joins us to discuss the past, present, and future of AI services and how companies and data scientists can best prepare themselves to become AI consumers.


In this episode you will learn:

  • 23 years at IBM, before and after data science [6:11]
  • IBM Watson and AI services [12:25]
  • Skills to utilize AI services [25:02]
  • How to achieve significant ROI on AI deployment [41:31]
  • What does the AI future look like to Rama? [52:41]
  • Ethics and the benefits of AI [1:04:37]


Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/425

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