Probably not, yet. While Dataspace can’t do anything to help with your anxiety about election data, we can provide some relief from another trending anxiety-inducer: the fear that AI is coming for your job. Don’t worry. In a lot of areas AI is just not ready to make human workers redundant. Exhibit A: Live Sports […]
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In case you haven’t heard, Election Day is Nov. 3rd! While ads on TV, text, social media, and pretty much any other method you can think of are hard at work encouraging everyone to get out and vote, data science has been hard at work building models to try and use the plethora of data
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In short, not much. However, there are hints that contract staffing, including data staffing. could continue to grow as a critical strategic choice for many companies. After 6+ months of pandemic related chaos, there has been a substantial amount of reflection on how various industries have been affected thus far, as well as prognoses for
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Our previous newsletter in the “Surprised by AI” series delved into some of the unexpected fields where AI has been put to work. But applications of Artificial Intelligence are not all work and no play! Even robots are learning new skills these days! This issue of the Dataspace newsletter highlights some of the (maybe) surprising
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We recently rejected an application from a candidate who listed their most recent assignment as being a Data Scientist at Kroger – the large US Grocery chain. This candidate’s claims of their responsibilities at Kroger could be summarized in the following bullet points copied from their resume: Needless to say, this set off all kinds
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A Dearth of College Football Getting You Down? In these unprecedented times, an unprecedented number of college football games will not be played. In another unprecedented decision, the University of Georgia recently announced that their beloved mascot- Uga the Bulldog – will not be making on-field appearances this season due to Covid safety restrictions… thereby
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“Tell me more about your work at X” As a standard part of our application process, we have candidates answer some basic questions such as: -Name-Current Employer-Current Title Then we ask a few more role specific questions, to help get a better understanding of the candidate’s skill set, and give them a chance to flesh
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As it turns out, this question (and variations of it) is one of the most frequently asked questions about data science that users search for via Google – as well as on other community platforms such as Reddit or Quora. While opinions on this may differ depending on who you ask and the particular lens
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WARNING: YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE AI ZONE!Imagine if you will, a world where all of the images in a Dataspace newsletter have been generated by AI… and therefore are both distorted and unsettling. To be honest, the title of this newsletter may also be a bit distorted and misleading – at this point in
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As we discussed in what may be our most viewed Dataspace blog post (ever!), insurance is one of the oldest data science based businesses – using math to make predictions about the future. In today\’s post, we’ll be highlighting some ways in which data science has infiltrated, influenced, and innovated the insurance industry! There are
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