“ It ’ s not just artificial intelligence which matters – emotional intelligence will create empathy , conversational capabilities and the ability to balance the objectives of being datapowered and being human ”
DATA AND ANALYTICS
“ It ’ s not just artificial intelligence which matters – emotional intelligence will create empathy , conversational capabilities and the ability to balance the objectives of being datapowered and being human ”
ZHIWEI JIANG CEO OF INSIGHTS AND DATA , CAPGEMINI
Death of the data scientist ? It ’ s an interesting view , and heads off the question of whether data scientists are going to be overthrown by our new robot overlords rather neatly . The idea that AI data solutions can be bought , plugged in and left to their own devices is , frankly , science fiction , as Zhiwei Jiang , CEO of Insights and Data at Capgemini , explains .
“ AI and smart machines are doing more of the heavy lifting of data science and analytics ,” he says . “ But a deep affinity with algorithms and mathematical logic , even when technology evolves into new areas ( like deep learning and reinforcement learning ), is vital . Data masters need to understand what lies beneath the surface if they ’ re going to make informed decisions about which ways , approaches , and tools to use for the problem at hand .”
Jiang ’ s advice is to embrace the possibilities and explore the options , even as more become available , but always be able to explain what the data are saying in human terms . “ A data team which can clearly comprehend the complex metrics , math and logic involved in an AI system is a no-brainer . But cold , hard data means nothing if it cannot be clearly articulated .
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