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Chanuki Seresinhe - Head of Data Science at Zoopla - Generative AI & AI for happiness #33

May 25, 2023
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Our guest today is Chanuki Seresinhe, head of Data Science at Zoopla,  a company which provides millions of users with access to properties for sale and for rent.

In our conversation, we first talk about Chanuki’s PhD where she used machine learning to identify relationships between beautiful places and happiness. We then dive into Data Science at Zoopla and talk about Generative AI and other exciting projects that Chanuki is currently working on. Throughout the episode, Chanuki shares great insights on why ML projects fail, the importance of good metrics, switching companies and how to progress in your career.

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Follow Chanuki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanukiseresinhe/

Follow Neil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leiserneil/  

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(00:00) : Intro

(01:23) : How Chanuki got into the field

(04:58) : AI to better understand happiness

(16:37) : Generative AI 

(21:26) : Generative AI vs supervised learning

(24:47) : Data Science at Zoopla

(31:46) : The importance of good metrics

(35:33) : Dealing with outliers

(39:41) : Why ML projects fail

(46:30) : Switching companies

(48:42) : Bias 

(54:47) : Career advice

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