Hello, my name is a very merry birthday. You killed my dog. Prepare to be the best burgers. I think we should all do that tomorrow and I can take a look at the schedule. It smells like you are going on the same day. I was born to the internet in the internet for
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Before our recent presidential elections, many polls showed Joe Biden winning (for those not in the US, we recently had an election, although I suspect you know that). And, he did, in fact, win. But, pollsters are taking a lot of heat for overstating the magnitude of that win and for expecting Biden to be
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Thanksgiving week is upon us! The holidays will be a little different this year, and many of us will find ourselves with some extra free time, as we will not be traveling or spending the days off with friends and relatives. What better way to fill that extra leisure time than with some data! Data
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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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Data Science / Predictive Analytics / Artificial Intelligence Is Largely About Extrapolation At its heart, predictive analytics is about making educated guesses regarding the future based on things you know about the past. Thus, the field assumes that the future will work like the past did. But, what if the future doesn’t look anything like the past?
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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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