Cognizant Podcasts

Data perishability is always an issue but it gains significance in times of rapid change. The COVID-19 has shown just how volatile the world can be, and of course volatility wreaks havoc on historical data models. As business leaders accelerate their focus on data, they are realizing that they need to take different approaches to derive maximum value from their data.

In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with two executives from Cognizant - Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of the AI and Analytics practice and Babak Hodjat, VP of Evolutionary AI, on how companies should be looking at their data in times of rapid change. They further dig down into the issues around data perishability, explore ways leaders should be adjusting to a volatile world and how Cognizant’s approach using Evolutionary AI helps solve this problem. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Combating Data Perishability in a Volatile World’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

Countries are rushing to create national AI strategies that will ensure they dominate the field of AI for the foreseeable future. This involves investing in research, fostering and encouraging partnerships between government, academia and business; and training our current workers as well as our young people in the skills they need to fill well-paying jobs of the future. AI is built on data, so we also need to find a responsible way to collect and use data which respects the privacy of US citizens while allowing breakthroughs in AI technologies.

In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Congressman Fred Lucas (R-OK) and Bret Greenstein of Cognizant, on creating a national AI strategy. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Creating a National AI Strategy’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

The concept of remote work had already taken root before COVID-19, as a result of the benefits it delivered. The pandemic has only accelerated the transition. Now that a majority of work has moved to ‘work from anywhere’, what is next? Where is the future of work? What are some the real-life challenges we need to account for?

Welcome to the Part 2 of the Remotopia podcast series where our experts, moderator Desmond Dickerson, a Futurist within Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work, Suzanne George, the Chief Architect of Cognizant Digital Business’s Virtual Workspace and Amanda Sabreah, Founder & CEO of Staat, discuss a range of subjects around the billowing virtual workplace – from questions to ask when the workplace goes virtual, through tapping new talent pools, reallocating savings from virtualization, to finding discipline and work-life balance.

COVID-19 has redefined the future of work by relocating work from offices to homes and other settings. Even before COVID-19, Remotopia—work from home and from third spaces—was emerging as a place of the future. But now is the time for your organization to experiment and fine-tune remote working because, in a post-COVID world, Remotopia is where people will want to be.

We bring you a 2-part podcast series that features moderator, Desmond Dickerson, a Futurist within Cognizant’s Center for the Future of Work, Suzanne George, the Chief Architect of Cognizant Digital Business’s Virtual Workspace and Amanda Sabreah, Founder & CEO of Staat, who deliver practical tips and draw on real-world examples of how some organizations are building their very own Remotopias today to excel tomorrow.

We all know that AI will eliminate some jobs, create many new jobs and will fundamentally change all jobs. To prepare our current workers, as well as those who are in school and yet to enter the workforce, for the new and exciting jobs of the future we need a concerted effort between government and business.

In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Congressman McNerney (R-CA) and Bret Greenstein, Senior Vice President and Head of the AI and Analytics Practice at Cognizant, about the Future of Work in a world quickly being transformed by Artificial Intelligence. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Government and Business Perspectives on the Future of Work’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

As the role of AI becomes predominant globally, there is a call within the US to take on a larger role in AI, embrace AI-driven economy, and prepare the workforce for a transition to AI. There is also a need to develop a national AI strategy that allows the nation to compete against countries that have different views and restrictions around the collection and use of data.

In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Congressman Will Hurd of Texas and Bret Greenstein of Cognizant, to discuss what a national AI strategy should look like here in the United States. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘The US needs an effective National AI Strategy and Congressman Will Hurd is helping lead the charge’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

Evolutionary Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are making it possible to discover entirely new objects and behaviors to maximize a given objective and yield solutions that do not yet exist. With the help of massive datasets, machine learning, powerful and distributed computational capacity, Evolutionary AI can help businesses augment decision-making and create new opportunities.

In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Stephanie Forrest and Risto Miikkulainen, about Evolutionary AI: What it is, how it is being used today, the challenges it faces, the opportunities it offers and what its future might entail. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Deep Dive Discussion into Evolutionary AI’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

As we make rapid progress in AI, experts have always questioned the creative possibilities with the technology. Likewise, akin to evolution in nature, open-ended algorithms could offer profound prospects in setting off artificial intelligence's own evolution on a computer.

In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Kenneth Stanley of OpenAI, and Babak Hodjat, VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant, about creativity, novelty search, Evolutionary AI, open endedness and all things in between. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Creativity and Open Endedness in AI’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

When it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI), there are diametrically contrasting views on it. Some believe that AI is going to take over jobs and give rise to machine dominance over humans while others look at AI as means to improving lives.

In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks to Dr. Jordan Pollack and Babak Hodjat, preeminent thought leaders in the field of AI and Evolutionary AI specifically, and discuss the theoretical and practical aspects of AI along with myths surrounding it. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘Demystifying AI’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.

Accurate prediction via machine learning (ML) has always been a challenge for even experienced data scientists. However, AutoML will change the face of ML-based offerings at a core level, suited for all kinds of complex scenarios.

In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks to Quoc Le and Risto Miikkulainen on AutoML and the future direction of AI. Risto is an associate VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant and also a professor at the University of Texas. Quoc Le needs is one of the preeminent thought leaders in AI today and is known for many things including co-founding Google Brain and as the person behind AutoML. To learn more, visit cognizant.com/ai.

The content of this episode is a reproduction of Jason Stoughton’s podcast episode titled ‘AutoML and the Future of AI’ that was originally posted on www.thepulseofai.com.