Why “AI/ML” Will Land Me in Jail, and My Other Pet Peeves

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I joke quite a bit about how I am annoyed by a lot of things. I do have a lot of pet peeves, especially as I get older: Oxford commas, sweet tea that is not sweet enough, dog owners who bring leashed dogs inside an off-leash dog park, chain grocery stores selling vegetables soaking wet, and so on. There is much more. On the professional front, among many other things, I get annoyed every time I see “AI/ML”. Too many say “AI” when they mean machine learning or some other term relevant to analytics. Even seasoned professionals now misuse these…...

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Michiko Wolcott Michiko is currently the managing partner and principal consultant of Msight Analytics, a management consulting firm specializing in data and analytics. Backed by 20 years of experience in analytical project execution and delivery, she has helped organizations of all sizes in the development of enterprise capability and effectiveness in data and analytics. She has led multi-national analytical consulting practices, with clients and colleagues from across the globe in financial services, media and communications, retail, healthcare, life sciences, public sector, as well as humanitarian response and disaster management, and has spoken at many industry conferences and forums. Her prior responsibilities include serving as the Lead Data Scientist at North Highland and leading the international analytics practice at Equifax as the Vice President of International Analytics. Michiko holds a Master of Science degree in Statistics from Florida State University among other degrees from Florida State University and the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University.