Opinion Archives

Collateral Damage in the Battle Over Truth

Modeling Opinion Europe 2023posted by ODSC Community June 5, 2023

Editor’s note: Jutta Treviranus is a speaker for ODSC Europe this June 14th-15th. Be sure to check out her talk, “Why the Jagged Edge Matters,” there! At a time when truth and facts are under attack and struggling for survival, the valiant defendants have pulled up... Read more

Is ChatGPT a Safe Cyber Space for Businesses?

Business + Management Opinion ChatGPTposted by April Miller May 15, 2023

ChatGPT has captured people’s attention and made them curious about how the chatbot could change how they search for information and do other online tasks. However, as they start using the internet in new ways, are they overlooking possible safety risks? ChatGPT Confidently Makes Incorrect Statements... Read more

Should Artificial General Intelligence Still Be Pursued Despite the Risks?

Featured Post Opinionposted by April Miller April 24, 2023

There are three main types of artificial intelligence (AI). The first is artificial narrow intelligence (ANI), which is very limited in what it can do. Then, there’s artificial general intelligence (AGI), which can perform comparably to humans. Finally, there’s artificial superintelligence (ASI), which surpasses human capabilities. ... Read more

AI Sentience: Friend or Foe?

Opinionposted by ODSC Community August 1, 2022

June 11th, 2022. It finally happened. The Singularity is upon us. It’s the beginning of the end for humankind. AI is taking over, and there is no going back. Well… not exactly. But that’s what a Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, seems to believe after a test he ran with... Read more

5 Data Science Trends in the Next 5 Years

Opinionposted by ODSC Community March 28, 2022

This field is large enough that it’s a bit impossible to deeply cover all the things that can happen in the coming 5 years for it. Important data science trends that I foresee but won’t cover here are specific applications of data science in unique domains,... Read more

The Evolution of AI Emotion and Sentiment Analysis

NLP/Text Analytics Opinion sentiment analysisposted by April Miller March 18, 2022

Artificial intelligence emotion and sentiment analysis has come a long way over the years and is on track to revolutionize the AIs of the future. Some wonder if it can ever truly understand human emotions, but computer scientists are focusing on training AI to recognize these... Read more

Paving the Road to Facial Classification Accuracy

Opinion Tools & Languagesposted by April Miller March 14, 2022

Facial classification is one of the most promising and controversial machine learning use cases. The technology has considerable potential in areas like security, but it also carries substantial privacy and bias concerns. Relying on racial recognition models that aren’t accurate can lead to severe consequences. Facial... Read more

Invisible Skills That Distinguish Expert Data Scientists

Guest contributor Opinionposted by ODSC Community February 11, 2022

Although people have been doing statistics with programming for a while, we are still in the early stages of the formal function of data science and machine learning engineering in the industry. So far, we have a well-established list of hard technical skills that one can... Read more

The Effects of COVID-19 on Conversational AI

Business + Management Opinion Conversational AIposted by April Miller October 21, 2021

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept over the globe in early 2020, millions of people found themselves struggling with loneliness like never before. Mental health was drawn to the forefront of collective concern. Lockdown requirements were necessary to keep everyone safe, but they presented challenges for mental... Read more

Trustworthy AI: Operationalizing AI Models with Governance – Part 2

Blogs from ODSC Speakers Conferences Opinion West 2021posted by ODSC Community September 13, 2021

Editor’s note: Sourav Mazumder is a speaker for ODSC West 2021. Be sure to check out his talk, “Operationalization of Models Developed and Deployed in Heterogeneous Platforms,” for more info on trustworthy AI there. Read PART 1 of the series here. AI solutions can be made out... Read more