AI & Data Literacy: Empowering Citizens of Data Science - Softcover

Schmarzo, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1835083501 ISBN 13: 9781835083505

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

Learn the key skills and capabilities that empower Citizens of Data Science to not only survive but thrive in an AI-dominated world.

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Key Features

• Prepare for a future dominated by AI and big data
• Enhance your AI and data literacy with real-world examples
• Learn how to leverage AI and data to address current and future challenges

Book Description

AI is undoubtedly a game-changing tool with immense potential to improve human life.

This book aims to empower you as a Citizen of Data Science, covering the privacy, ethics, and theoretical concepts you’ll need to exploit to thrive amid the current and future developments in the AI landscape.

We'll explore AI's inner workings, user intent, and the critical role of the AI utility function while also briefly touching on statistics and prediction to build decision models that leverage AI and data for highly informed, more accurate, and less risky decisions.

Additionally, we'll discuss how organizations of all sizes can leverage AI and data to engineer or create value. We'll establish why the economies of learning are more powerful than the economies of scale in a digital-centric world. Ethics and personal/organizational empowerment in the context of AI will also be addressed.

Lastly, we'll delve into ChatGPT and the role of Large Language Models (LLMs), preparing you for the growing importance of Generative AI. By the end of the book, you'll have a deeper understanding of AI and the knowledge of how best to leverage it and thrive alongside it.

What you will learn

• Get to know the fundamentals of data literacy, privacy, and analytics
• Find out what makes AI tick and the role of the AI utility function
• Make informed decisions using prominent decision-making frameworks
• Understand relevant statistics and probability concepts
• Create new sources of value by leveraging and applying AI and data
• Apply ethical parameters to AI development with real-world examples
• Find out how to get the most out of ChatGPT and its peers

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone looking to navigate an AI-driven future and make the most of the emerging technologies that have begun changing every industry without exception. Whether you’re looking to expand your career prospects, find opportunities in your industry, future-proof your organization, or simply need guidance to keep up with the rapid progress, this book will help you gain a better understanding of AI and data for years to come.

Table of Contents

1. Why AI & Data Literacy
2. Data & Privacy Awareness
3. Analytics Literacy
4. Understanding How AI Works
5. Making Informed Decisions
6. Prediction and Statistical Savvy
7. Value Engineering Competency
8. Ethics of AI Adoption
9. Cultural Empowerment
10. ChatGPT Changes Everything

About this title

About the Author

Bill Schmarzo, the Dean of Big Data, is currently the Head of Customer Data Innovation at Dell Technologies. He is also a lecturer at Iowa State University and Coe College (Cedar Rapids, IA), a University of San Francisco School of Management Executive Fellow, and an Honorary Professor at the School of Business and Economics at the National University of Ireland-Galway, where he teaches his course Big Data MBA and Thinking Like a Data Scientist. He has authored four books, written over 300 blogs for Data Science Central, appeared on podcasts, given numerous keynote presentations and university lectures, and is an active social media lightening rod on the topics of data science, AI, data economics, design thinking, and team empowerment.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1835083501
• ISBN 13: 9781835083505
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238