5 themes of my journey to becoming a data scientist — Back in 2011 when I was a sophomore at the University of Washington and required to declare a major, psychology was a no brainer (pun intended). The subject is endlessly fascinating, the professors were engaging, and the linear algebra pre-reqs were non-existent. Not that I didn’t enjoy those classes, but…

Become more business-savvy, a better thinker, and overall better human through listening — The art of data science, especially for so-called “industry data scientists” (i.e. those who work within the corporate world), is slowly converging with other domains. Experts talk about the role splitting into a path that is more “business-focused” and another that is more “engineering-focused”. Regardless of what happens, it is…

I dreamed of being a hip-hop artist for all my adolescent life. It consumed my entire world, from how I dressed, how I articulated words, what I spoke about, and, obviously, what I stored on my one-gigabyte MP3 player (remember those?). You could have called me a “hip-hop head.” My…

Back in March 2021, Gartner released their ideas on the top trends of data and analytics. They categorized the ten trends into three categories: accelerating change, operationalizing business value, and distributed everything. At least half of the trends seem to be continuing into the new year. Specifically, I would say…

This musing is almost an extension of my previous thoughts on how to continue being creative while AI and robots become better at our jobs than we are. A recent episode of the “a16z | Future” podcast, Play-to-Earn Gaming and How Work is Evolving in Web3, schooled me on the…

Four artificial intelligence (AI) experts at Sony gave their predictions on the biggest, or more ground-breaking, trends within AI for 2022. …

MIT researchers are making small steps towards instilling social skills in robots. Specifically, social interactions which allow robot A to help or hinder robot B after first guessing what the physical goal of robot B might be. …

The article by Dr. Scott Bolland, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Work — Should We Be Worried? (bbntimes.com), not only spoke about when AI may perform better than humans at certain tasks, he also speaks to how well they will be able to “think”. The word “think” is in…

Dr. Scott Bolland made some compelling, albeit nerve-wracking, points in his recent article, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Work — Should We Be Worried? (bbntimes.com). TDLR; you should be at least a little worried. One of the points which hit the closest to home was on the survey by…