Summary

Artificial intelligence technologies promise to revolutionize business and produce new sources of value. In order to make those promises a reality there is a substantial amount of strategy and investment required. Colleen Tartow has worked across all stages of the data lifecycle, and in this episode she shares her hard-earned wisdom about how to conduct an AI program for your organization.

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Interview

Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management? When you say "AI Program", what are the organizational, technical, and strategic elements that it encompasses?

How does the idea of an "AI Program" differ from an "AI Product"? What are some of the signals to watch for that indicate an objective for which AI is not a reasonable solution?

Who needs to be involved in the process of defining and developing that program?

What are the skills and systems that need to be in place to effectively execute on an AI program?

"AI" has grown to be an even more overloaded term than it already was. What are some of the useful clarifying/scoping questions to address when deciding the path to deployment for different definitions of "AI"? Organizations can easily fall into the trap of green-lighting an AI project before they have done the work of ensuring they have the necessary data and the ability to process it. What are the steps to take to build confidence in the availability of the data?

Even if you are sure that you can get the data, what are t

Summary The ecosystem for data tools has been going through rapid and constant evolution over the past several years. These technological shifts have brought about corresponding changes in data and platform architectures for managing data and analytical workflows. In this episode Colleen Tartow shares her insights into the motivating factors and benefits of the most prominent patterns that are in the popular narrative; data mesh and the modern data stack. She also discusses her views on the role of the data lakehouse as a building block for these architectures and the ongoing influence that it will have as the technology matures.

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