I’m trying hard not to belittle the value of data and data science, for sure. It’s incredible and evolving and powerful. I just feel like the AI industry is like being on a whale watching trip where all the passengers have rushed to one side of the ship, looking at algorithms as all powerful.
On the other side of the ship are Data Humanists, human beings that do more critical thinking about “what is the best question to ask?” instead of writing Yet Another Algorithm.
We need both of course. I’m just trying to root a little harder for the Data Humanist side of the boat. The views are nice here, too :)
Yes, yes, yes! And thank you. It's hard to quantify this principle, which is why I'm trying to develop some more concrete exercises in my new class about this, and writing. That is, this *concept* resonates, yet so many teams keep making the same mistake. Substack is a good place to explore these ideas, so stay tuned. And thank you!
I’m trying hard not to belittle the value of data and data science, for sure. It’s incredible and evolving and powerful. I just feel like the AI industry is like being on a whale watching trip where all the passengers have rushed to one side of the ship, looking at algorithms as all powerful.
On the other side of the ship are Data Humanists, human beings that do more critical thinking about “what is the best question to ask?” instead of writing Yet Another Algorithm.
We need both of course. I’m just trying to root a little harder for the Data Humanist side of the boat. The views are nice here, too :)
Ah finally someone who gets the true value of strategic thinking :)
This is not to belittle the value of data science, but to underscore the importance of not putting the data car before the human driver, as it were.
Yes, yes, yes! And thank you. It's hard to quantify this principle, which is why I'm trying to develop some more concrete exercises in my new class about this, and writing. That is, this *concept* resonates, yet so many teams keep making the same mistake. Substack is a good place to explore these ideas, so stay tuned. And thank you!
Nice piece of work... helps people to realize that every swinging pendulum can go to far.
Facts and Data are important... they help refute unsupported and wrong "opinion" which tends to run rampant.
Ask the correct question, do not allow the data collection to present answers to unasked questions, that is just a distraction.