Watsonx.ai with IBM VP Data & AI Tarun Chopra

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Tarun dives into the game-changing components of Watsonx, before delivering some noteworthy advice for those who are eager to forge a career in AI and machine learning.

Key Points From This Episode:

Introducing Tarun Chopra and a brief look at his professional background.
His intellectual diet: what Tarun is consuming to stay up to date with technological trends.
Common challenges in technology and AI that he encounters daily.
The importance of fully understating what problem you want your new technology to solve.
IBM’s role in AI and how the company is helping to accelerate change in the space.
Exploring IBM’s decision to remove facial recognition from its endeavors in biometrics.
The development of IBM’s Watsonx and how it’s helping business tell their unique AI stories.
Why IBM’s consultative approach to introducing their customers to AI is so effective.
Tarun’s thoughts on computer power and all related costs.
Diving deeper into the three components of Watsonx.
Our guest’s words of advice to those looking to forge a career in AI and ML.

Tweetables:

“One of the first things I tell clients is, ‘If you don’t know what problems we are solving, then we’re on the wrong path.’” — @tc20640n [05:14]

“A lot of our customers have adopted AI — but if the workflow is, let’s say 10 steps, they have applied AI to only one or two steps. They don’t get to realize the full value of that innovation.” — @tc20640n [05:24]

“Every client that I talk to, they’re all looking to build their own unique story; their own unique point of view with their own unique data and their own unique customer pain points. So, I look at Watsonx as a vehicle to help customers build their own unique AI story.” — @tc20640n [14:16]

“The most important thing you need is curiosity. [And] be strong-hearted, because this [industry] is not for the weak-hearted.” — @tc20640n [27:41]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Tarun Chopra

Tarun Chopra on LinkedIn

Tarun Chopra on Twitter

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