startupfest 2015: jana eggers (nara logics) - keynote

Jana Eggers CEO,

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Summoningthe Demon:A Day in the Life

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What my friends think I do

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What I really do

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Seriously, AI is in its infancy

But, kids grow up fast

Team StockdaleTeachinga machineto learn

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90% of the world’s data was created in the last 2

years

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It’s a signal to noise problemPerfect for AI

One morning (and it will be soon), when everyone wakes up as a writer, the age of universal deafness and incomprehension will have arrived.

Milan Kundera, 1978

Machine-to-machine communication and learning alsohelp managers increase their capability and capacity and the speed of their decisions.The potential uses have barely been scratched, andthe growth opportunities of this bend in the road can be immense for those who seize them.Ram Charan, The Algorithmic CEOFortune, January 22, 2015

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WIIFY

Breaking the magicians code on ML•Definition: algorithms learning from data; etymology <1960 AI and statistics>•Common words: supervised, unsupervised, neural networks, Bayesian methods, deep learning, pattern recognition, singularity•Next generation of: filtering and segmentation, rules-based systems, statistical analysis, expert systems

It’s just maths @jeggers

AISubfields

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School “Supernodes”MIT, Stanford, CMU, Berkeley

Strong US / non-USnetwork divide

Academia

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“Supernodes”Google, Bell Labs, SRI

Business@jeggers

Businessdriven bypeople

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MathematiciansPhysicistsComputer Scientists

DataCompute Power

NeuroscientistsProduct Owners

IA & UX

Business ProblemsFunding

EthicistsSocial Scientists

Lawyers

EntreprenuersSuitsKids & Grandmas

YouYou You

You

You

You@jeggers

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Our goal:General-purpose recommendation engine

Our approach:Neuroscience + ML

Homework: What is your problem?• Do you have loads of “unemployed”

data?• Have you segmented your data or

business in order to solve your problem(s)?

• Does your problem fit AI/ML?• Can you define a Proof of Concept?• Where in your network is expertise?

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More sunlightMore patienceMore diversity

Don’t undervalue youDon’t succumb to fear

What Ithink about when I think about the future of AI

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