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  • *DataPoint* Data and Disasters
    On the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Frank reflects on his personal experience and the impact of data analytics in the wake of disasters: both natural and unnatural.

    Links

    Frank's personal account of 9/11

    Pictures from NYC that day


    Titanic: Machine Learning from Disaster
    Visualizing Hurricane Sandy with NHC data
    7 min
  • The Data Adventure Has Just Begun

    In this episode, Frank and Andy reflect on the ethical, legal, and scientific implications of creating AI chat bots based on deceased loved ones. They then ponder what sorts of things can be done with this type of technology, from marketing to political campaigns, and what a certain billionaire social network founder with a treasure trove of data at his disposal could accomplish.

    48 min
  • The Data Adventure Has Just Begun
    In this episode, Frank and Andy reflect on the ethical, legal, and scientific implications of creating AI chat bots based on deceased loved ones. They then ponder what sorts of things can be done with this type of technology, from marketing to political campaigns, and what a certain billionaire social network founder with a treasure trove of data at his disposal could accomplish.
    48 min
  • *DataPoint* A New Way to Mourn Loved Ones

    In this Data Point, Frank ponders the ethical, spiritual, and philosophical implications of chat bots designed to be “virtual shells” of dearly departed.

    Stories Mentioned
    • How a Man Turned His Dying Father Into AI
    • The Story Behind Replika, the AI app that becomes you

    • 6 min
    • *DataPoint* A New Way to Mourn Loved Ones
      In this Data Point, Frank ponders the ethical, spiritual, and philosophical implications of chat bots designed to be "virtual shells" of dearly departed.
      Stories Mentioned

      How a Man Turned His Dying Father Into AI
      The Story Behind Replika, the AI app that becomes you
      6 min
    • Brad Llewellyn on Statistics, Data Science, R, CBIG, Gaming, and Vanilla Ice

      Frank and Andy speak with a real, live unicorn (data scientist), Brad Llewellyn.

      Links:

      Sponsor: Audible.com – Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial!

      Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics
      Brad Llewellyn: @BreakingBI

      Notable Quotes:

      Movie Quote – Star Wars: A New Hope ([1:55])

      Bruce Lee ([2:20])
      Book reference: Unicorns Among Us ([3:00])
      CBIG – the Charlotte BI Group ([6:45])
      Azure Machine Learning ([7:45])
      Is Data Science only for super-nerds? ([12:50])
      H2O’s Driverless AI ([13:40])
      On Automation… ([14:25])
      On Predicsis.ai… ([15:12])
      On Amazon Machine Learning… ([15:45])
      “Why is the ‘why’ important to you?” ([17:00])
      Game reference: The Incredible Machine ([17:30])
      Statistical terms ([19:15])
      Microsoft SQL Server R Services ([21:12])
      Movie reference: The Blues Brothers ([22:25])
      “Python started around 1991.” – Frank ([24:17])
      Video: Trapping a self-driving car ([26:20])
      Vanilla Ice reference ([27:50])
      Movie paraphrase: I, Robot ([28:10])

      32 min

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    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.

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