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Each week, Emerj research staff and journalists interview top AI executives from Fortune 2000 firms and unicorn startups – uncovering trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption.
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Today's guest is Susan Schneider, Founding Director at the Center for the Future Mind of Florida Atlantic University, NASA Chair in Astrobiology Exploration and Technical Innovation, and Distinguished Scholar Chair at the Library of Congress. In this week's episode, Susan discusses the big picture of the future of AI and the brain-computer interface. She also gives examples that help provide a lens into the possibility for post-human trajectory decades into the future of artificial intelligence and more. If you're interested in unlocking our AI best practice guides, frameworks for AI ROI, and specific resources for AI consultants, visit emerj.com/p1.
Today's guest is Jim Benton, CEO of Chorus.ai. Sales enablement with AI adoption is an often overlooked business function that few companies are succeeding with, but Chorus.ai does just that. To date, the firm has raised over $100 million with record growth in 2020. Today, Jim discusses the potential future of sales enablement to further improve clients' performance with AI consistently. If you're interested in learning more about AI applications and finding where AI can be productive in the industry, be sure to check out Emerj Plus at emerj.com/p1. By joining Emerj Plus, you can access our entire library of tools to apply and adopt AI, create an AI strategy, and achieve AI ROI.
Today's guest is David Brin, renowned fiction author, NASA consultant, and keynote speaker with a Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego. David has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell, and Nebula awards for his various works of fiction, and his novel, "The Postman," was adapted into a 1997 feature film starring Kevin Costner. David's works have explored the topics of strong artificial intelligence, brain-computer interface, upgrading human brains, and more. Today, he speaks about how to govern these powerful technologies, like brain-computer interface and AI. David also shares his ideas about what the next level of human intelligence could look like without an arms race.
Today's guest is Emmanuel Walckenaer, CEO of YSEOP. A firm based in Paris, YSEOP focuses on natural language generation across financial services and life sciences industries. Emmanuel speaks with us this week about the applications of NLG when it comes to drug discovery and life sciences. Emmanuel also discusses some other life sciences and AI trends that he thinks are promising and some of the trends that he's seen in his work in the life sciences space. This episode is sponsored by YSEOP. If you're interested in reaching the Emerj audience, you have an important educational message about use-cases and applications of AI, be sure to contact us at emerj.com/ad1.
Today's guest is Dr. Joanna Bryson, Professor of Ethics and Technology at the Hertie School in Berlin. Previously a faculty member of the Computer Science department at the University of Bath, Joanna was one of nine experts nominated by Germany to the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence. Today, Joanna speaks about some of the business applications and implications of AI with specific use-cases. She also shares her perspective on how AI could be practically managed in terms of security and privacy and how these technologies might have ramifications in the future. Discover more AI use-cases, best practice guides, white papers, frameworks, and more at emerj.com/p1.
This week's guest is Ricardo Panaggio, Data Scientist at Daitan. Daitan is ranked by the Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing U.S. companies and now has over 500 employees globally. Panaggio shares his insights on particular use-cases in open banking and external data sources and how these might serve as indicators for the future of AI in Financial Services on this week's episode sponsored by Daitan. If you'd like to discover more Financial Services use-cases, trends, insights, and more, be sure to subscribe to our AI in Financial Services Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any major podcast platform.
Today's guest is John Havens, Director for Emerging Technologies and Strategic Development at the IEEE Standards Association, and Executive Director for the Council on Extended Intelligence and the IEEE Global Initiative of Ethics and Autonomous Intelligent Systems. This series focuses on what the AI future might look like and how day-to-day life might be transformed. Today, John discusses the path we're on when it comes it our technology and personal data and what that might mean for the virtual environments we'll eventually live and work in. He also shares his ideas on the implications of data and AI as we consider our privacy and security in the years to come. To access Emerj's frameworks for AI readiness, ROI and strategy, visit Emerj Plus: emerj.com/p1.
This week's guest is Sudhanshu Sawlani, Head of Robotics and Intelligent Automation for ING Wholesale Banking, a large financial services organization with over 70,000 employees worldwide. Sudhanshu is introduced to us by Expert AI, who is this episode's sponsor. Today, he speaks about a particular NLP use-case that he has implemented across different portions of the business. Sudhanshu also shares details about the process of creating this use-case, like the factors that led to the decision for an AI solution and some of the challenges that arose along the way. To learn more about Emerj's Creative Services and how to reach the Emerj global audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.
Our guest this week is Cory Janssen, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of AltaML, an AI services firm based in Canada with over 100 employees just four years after its launch. Today Cory shares the lessons learned from his experience working with a small team to find AI opportunities and transform pilot projects into effective AI deployments in the enterprise. He also explains why "land and expand" doesn't work as a method for this complicated process. Cory also recently joined us on our AI Consulting Podcast to share his origin story and his unlikely path to starting an AI consulting company - listen to the entire interview on all major podcast platforms.
Today's guest is Dr. Julian Togelius, professor of Computer Science and Engineering at New York University. Julian has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Essex and is also a Co-Founder of modl.ai, a firm based in Denmark focused on developing AI and ML-based tools to advance game development. Today, Julian shares his ideas about the interesting intersection of gaming and artificial intelligence. He also discusses how the VR and augmented reality environments enhanced by AI might affect or alter our day-to-day lives in both the short- and long-term future. Download our white paper "3 Ways to Discover AI Trends" at emerj.com/t3.
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