

Data Driven
Data Driven
Data Driven: the podcast where we explore the emerging field of Data Science. We bring the best minds in Data, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence right to you every Tuesday.
The field of data science mashes up the worlds of statistics, database architecture and software engineering. Data Scientist has been labelled by the Harvard Business Review, as "the sexiest job of the 21st century." A quick search of job search sites reveal that this field is in high demand.
In a world where Data is the new Oil, Data Science the new Refineries, consider this Car Talk for the Data Age. Every week we bring the best minds in this emerging field straight to you. Our goal is to educate and inspire our listeners so that they can be prepared to thrive in a Data Driven world.
The field of data science mashes up the worlds of statistics, database architecture and software engineering. Data Scientist has been labelled by the Harvard Business Review, as "the sexiest job of the 21st century." A quick search of job search sites reveal that this field is in high demand.
In a world where Data is the new Oil, Data Science the new Refineries, consider this Car Talk for the Data Age. Every week we bring the best minds in this emerging field straight to you. Our goal is to educate and inspire our listeners so that they can be prepared to thrive in a Data Driven world.
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Aug 15, 2022 • 53min
*LIveStream* Virtual Personalities, Ethics, and Elon Musk Talks to His Chatbot Replica
In this live stream, Frank and Andy reflect on their conversation with Justin Harrison.

Aug 11, 2022 • 44min
Kristen Kehrer on Statistics, Data Poetry, and Dunkies
In this episode of Data Driven, Frank interviews Kristen Kehrer, developer advocate at CometML and host of the Cool Data Projects Show. In case, you're wondering where is Andy. He was unable to make the recording due to a last minute schedule change. The show must go on, after all.Learn more about CometMLhttps://www.comet.com/?utm_source=kristen&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=online_kristen_2022

Aug 8, 2022 • 57min
Justin Harrison on Virtual Posthumous Communications
In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy interview Justin Harrison, the founder and CEO of YOV, You Only Virtual. YOV aims to develop means to provide posthumous communications, or being able to converse with the dead.This is not done via paranormal communications, seances, or ouija boards, this is using AI to preserve a person's communications style in order to out live them.This is quite the interesting talk that touches upon philosophy, theology, ethics, and mathematics.

Aug 4, 2022 • 43min
Reflecting on Five Years of Podcasting and the Magic of "It depends"
In this live stream recorded the third of August 2022, Frank and Andy reflect upon 5 years of podcasting and the long journeys of their respective careers and why "it depends" is such a common refrain in technology discussions. .

Aug 1, 2022 • 47min
Rupesh Malpani on on AI, Commerce, and Holograms
In this 300th episode of Data Driven and the premiere episode of season six, Frank and Andy interview Rupesh Malpani, whom Frank often refers to as the next Steve Jobs. Listen to this interesting conversation to find out why.LinksTranscription The following is AI Generated.

Jul 30, 2022 • 10min
*DataPoint* Data Driven Workouts
In this Data Point, Frank goes all MTV Cribs and shows us the data that the Pelton collects. He also provides a sneak peek into season 6 in this 299th show.

Jun 13, 2022 • 7min
*DataPoint* Did Google Make a Sentient AI?
Recent news reports have come out about how a Google AI engineer in the responsible AI group claims that an AI he was working on has become sentient.Is it true? Can we ever really know if someone or something is sentient?Linkshttps://news.google.com/search?for=sentient&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

Apr 13, 2022 • 50min
Prateek Joshi on Using Data to Help the Earth
In this episode, Frank and Andy speak to Prateek Joshi about how data can be used to reduce emissions, optimize resource utilization, and more.

Feb 25, 2022 • 55min
Jeff Coyle on AI-powered content research, intelligence, and writing.
In this episode, Frank and Andy welcome Jeff Coyle to the show.Jeff is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Market Muse. Market Muse is the industry-leading technology and methodology for content planning and evaluation via semantic relevance. It combines advanced artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning algorithms to produce actionable insights for inbound marketers.Enjoy the show.

Feb 9, 2022 • 47min
What is Synthetic Data and Why Would You Use It?
Hello and Welcome to Data Driven.In this episode Frank and Andy discuss synthetic data. What is it? What advantages it has over so called real data?Of course, they do wander off topic, but that is why we love them.Enjoy the show.