Help Wanted: Turning AI Into Reality
Artificial intelligence is officially part of the mainstream, sparking big changes across industries. But do companies have the talent they need to truly make the most of the technology? Guests are: Manolis Koubarakis, project coordinator, ExtremeEarth, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece: Koubarakis discusses building the team behind the environmental tracking project and the challenges of executing large-scale AI. Snehanshu Mitra, CEO, center of excellence, data science and AI, NASSCOM, Bengaluru: Mitra discusses the must-have skills for project leaders working with AI and how companies are working to solve the AI talent gap. Key themes [01:50] Building the ExtremeEarth project team [04:23] Aligning skills to projects [06:49] Challenges: Finding the right data and project talent [10:23] Must-have skills for AI project leaders [11:49] The AI talent gap and how to solve it [16:06] Starting small and preparing data