In my third article about the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), I look at operationalizing AI ethics. Human intelligence remains a key factor – to keep a watchful eye on potential biases. Amazon caused a stir in late 2018 with media reports that it had abandoned an AI-powered recruitment tool because it was biased against women. Conceived as […]
Synthetic Data: 4 Use Cases in Modern Enterprises
Synthetic data has emerged as a technological solution for organizations struggling with data access and privacy compliance. As a privacy-enhancing technology, it has grown in popularity over the past years, with new predictions forecasting that by 2024, 60% of data used for AI and data analytics will be synthetic. But what is the reality of synthetic […]
Data Science vs. Data Analytics
The data scientist and the data analyst represented two of the “most in-demand, high-paying jobs in 2021.” The previous year, the World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2020 listed these jobs at the top of a list representing most in-demand jobs across industries. In data analytics, which is often referred to as business analytics, […]
How Digital Twins Can Optimize Supply Chain Planning and Efficiency
From the ongoing backlog at Southern California’s ports to the national shortages totaling more than 80,000 truck drivers, the COVID-19 pandemic has created myriad supply-chain challenges. With all of the changes and increased variables influencing the supply chain today, companies need a stronger understanding of various scenarios, and how those scenarios can impact a shipment at any […]
How Does Data Management Drive Efficiency for Organizations?
Data-driven analytics continue to deliver sophisticated solutions for manufacturing efficiency, early disease detection, and smart capabilities building in workplaces. Thus, industry operators and leaders continue raise their expectations and demands from data technologies with every passing year. Brent Gleeson of Forbes, who regularly contributes about organizational excellence, warns that in spite of having the best […]
The Metaverse Needs to Prioritize AI
As companies begin to enter the metaverse and shape their activity in the future of the internet, we must look at the fundamental ways by which we’ll connect and interact with each other in this new space. In order to create the connected world that the metaverse is working towards, language and AI-powered translation systems must […]
What Can Artificial Intelligence Do for Me?
Douglas Adams once said, “We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” It’s true. We can throw around all kinds of new terms and technologies, but people just want solutions they can rely on. However, for data guys like me, we like to know that it works, but […]
The Future of Data Architecture
Anthony J. Algmin believes Data Architecture is moving from a time of chaos and tangles into something more clean and organized. Speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Data Architecture Online Conference, Algmin looked at past predictions, current hot topics, and predictions for the future. He is the Founder and CEO of Algmin Data Leadership. A Quick Look […]
Machine Learning, Data Governance, and Data Ethics
Data ethics — the collection and use of data in an ethical manner — can be combined with Data Governance and machine learning. Data ethics places a strong emphasis on the behavior of people or organizations as they gather or distribute data. Laws become necessary when some people chose to ignore ethical behavior. At its […]
Data Quality Dimensions Are Crucial for AI
As organizations digitize customer journeys, the implications of low-quality data are multiplied manyfold. This is a result of new processes and products that are springing up. Since the data from such processes is growing, data controls may not be strong enough to ensure the data is qualitative. That’s where Data Quality dimensions come into play. […]