In this episode, we are joined by Josh Cutler, VP & Sr. Distinguished Engineer for AI Platforms & Transformation Team at Optum. Josh shared with us his 15+ years of experience in applying data and intelligence to solve hard business problems. I really liked Josh's definition of the application of AI being, "How can we help computers make good decisions". This cuts to the core of why we are building these systems and what the outcome should be.

Besides the applications Josh is building with his team today, he shared with us how he got into the field, the startups he founded, and how Microsoft was actually ahead of their time in this space with their Live Labs initiative and so much more. Enjoy!

Finally, if you are interested in learning about how AI is being applied across multiple industries, be sure to join us at a future Applied AI Monthly meetup and help support us so we can make future Emerging Technologies North non-profit events!

• Emerging Technologies North
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Here's just a few of the many fun and interesting topics discussed during this podcast:

• Computer Vision
• NLP
• Choose Your Own Adventure
• Nate Silver
• Office Assistant
• Rambl
• Twitter
• Computational Frameworks for Political and Social Research with Python
• MVP
• Fast.ai

Enjoy!
Your host,
Justin Grammens