Reflection on an Almost Two-Year Journey of Generative AI in Industry – Maria Sukhareva
About the speaker:
Maria Sukhareva is a principal key expert in Artificial Intelligence in Siemens with over 15 years of experience at the forefront of generative AI technologies. Known for her keen eye for technological innovation, Maria excels at transforming cutting-edge AI research into practical, value-driven tools that address real-world needs. Her approach is both hands-on and results-focused, with a commitment to creating scalable, long-term solutions that improve communication, streamline complex processes, and empower smarter decision-making. Maria's work reflects a balanced vision, where the power of innovation is met with ethical responsibility, ensuring that her AI projects deliver impactful and production-ready outcomes.
We talked about:
00:00 DataTalks.Club intro
02:13 Career journey: From linguistics to AI
08:02 The Evolution of AI Expertise and its Future
13:10 AI vulnerabilities: Bypassing bot restrictions
17:00 Non-LLM classifiers as a more robust solution
22:56 Risks of chatbot deployment: Reputational and financial
27:13 The role of AI as a tool, not a replacement for human workers
31:41 The role of human translators in the age of AI
34:49 Evolution of English and its Germanic roots
38:44 Beowulf and Old English
39:43 Impact of the Norman occupation on English grammar
42:34 Identifying mushrooms with AI apps and safety precautions
45:08 Decoding ancient languages like Sumerian
49:43 The evolution of machine translation and multilingual models
53:01 Challenges with low-resource languages and inconsistent orthography
57:28 Transition from academia to industry in AI
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