The Tech Leaders Podcast AI Series 2.0 #5: CTO for AI @ HPE, Matt Armstrong-Barnes: Embracing the Evolution of AI
This fifth instalment of TTLP’s AI Series 2.0 concludes a quintet of insightful conversations about the tech innovation that’s having a huge impact on the world as we know it.
Matt Armstrong-Barnes, CTO for AI at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, joins Gareth and Kerensa for the final conversation of the series; this episode may be last but it’s certainly not least.
With a career spanning over 25 years, Matt has led game-changing transformation programmes across the public and private sector, he’s a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Chartered Engineer, and a passionate champion of open-source tools that make AI accessible for all.
Now as the CTO for AI at HPE, Matt’s role as a tech leader is marked by helping blue chip organisations navigate AI adoption.
Featuring stellar insight into what businesses need to prioritise for successful AI adoption, the surprising environmental cost of an AI query to the perils of 'AI washing,' and even how to explain AI to a six-year-old—this episode is the perfect conclusion to the AI Series 2.0!
Time stamps
- What excites Matt most about AI? (02:26)
- Matt’s favourite GenAI tools (03:50)
- The journey to CTO (06:07)
- The difference between Computer Science and IT (13:27)
- Why use cases for GenAI are problematic (15:34)
- How to ensure your data is AI-ready (22:07)
- Where are businesses failing most with AI strategy? (25:39)
- The industries most likely to be impacted by AI (37:47)
- Matt’s biggest AI fears (47:53)