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AI Systems and Market Trends in Artificial Intelligence | Conexus's Eric Daimler PhD

IoT For All Podcast · 28 Jun 2021 · 40m

What this episode covers

Eric Daimler, CEO and Co-Founder of Conexus, discusses the critical role of data integration in AI systems, arguing that the bottleneck is not machine learning algorithms but the upstream collection and unification of disparate data. He shares Conexus's origin as a spin-out from MIT's math department, leveraging category theory to solve complex enterprise data interoperability issues for clients like ride-sharing companies and logistics firms. Daimler also addresses market trends, the pitfalls of 'data lakes,' and the future of work, predicting the rise of 'ontologists' as AI automates routine tasks.

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companies scaling up

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Companies
Conexus, MIT, Petuum, Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce, Deloitte, C3.ai, Databricks, Amazon, Pfizer
Tools
Informatica, Ab Initio, RDF, OWL

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