58 min

When companies try to "sprinkle some AI" on a product Data Science Salon Podcast

    • Technology

Data scientist-turned-product person Noelle Saldana has experienced the "sprinkle some AI on it" request more times than she'd care to remember. Our Senior Content Advisor Q McCallum met up with Noelle to explore this phenomenon. How does this happen? (Hint: "corporate FOMO.") What should you do when stakeholders insist on implementing AI that isn't actually going to help? What about when your data scientist peers seem like they're doing this for the sake of "résumé-driven development?"

Data scientist-turned-product person Noelle Saldana has experienced the "sprinkle some AI on it" request more times than she'd care to remember. Our Senior Content Advisor Q McCallum met up with Noelle to explore this phenomenon. How does this happen? (Hint: "corporate FOMO.") What should you do when stakeholders insist on implementing AI that isn't actually going to help? What about when your data scientist peers seem like they're doing this for the sake of "résumé-driven development?"

58 min

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