Will AI dramatically accelerate the division of our society into the “elite” and the “worried rest”? For example, will there be highly effective personalized medicine that only very few can afford? Will AI take over the automatable jobs of the middle class, while the highly qualified elite maintains or even
People who work with data have had a number of job titles in my time, including data admin, data specialist, ETL developer and data integrator. The rise of the term data scientist as the de facto job market term for an analyst, however, left us data people a bit high
In the wake of the financial crisis, regulatory requirements have increased for banks to be able to precisely document their ability to withstand economic turbulence in the global markets. This means that the ability to stress test credit performance and revenue is no longer sufficient – measures such as liquidity
On Friday, 5th October, I slept out rough in London with a team from SAS, along with about 1500 others across the UK, as part of Byte Night. This is an annual event to raise awareness and critical funds for the charity Action for Children, which helps to prevent youth
Since the 1950s, with machine learning, deep learning and cognitive computing developing over time, for some of us AI has been around for a while. What has changed recently is perhaps the sheer volume of data available. This has made it both possible to train AI-based models in a way
The information obtained from all your accessible data is a great source of power for your organization to exercise. Information is power! By applying artificial intelligence and machine learning models, you can infer details that might be very sensitive about a person or community, which may or may not be
In my last article, we introduced SAS® Personal Data Compliance Manager and how the solution allows you to record processing activities for complying with GDPR Article 30. However, in certain situations these processing activities could require a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), also known as a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA).
British Prime Minister Theresa May made it clear that her ambition is for the UK to become the global beacon for innovation in artificial intelligence when she spoke at the Annual General Meeting of the World Economic Forum earlier this year. Great news, then, that two UK master’s in data
Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to change the world of work across the board. We have already witnessed the impact on marketing communication endeavours and strategies. The ripples spreading across the water include ethical issues and questions of accountability. I caught up with Anabel Gutiérrez, Senior Lecturer in
In my previous post, I talked about why analytics was fast becoming essential for government. In particular there is rising demand for improved customer experience and increasing pressure from taxpayers to improve cost effectiveness and value for money. With increasing recognition that good customer service is not impossible, government agencies
