It’s easier to get a job if you are
an Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) ‘expert’, and
investors want to bet on companies which use the words AI or ML in their
mission statements, reports Diksha Dutta, author, an independent journalist and a digital media expert.
And why should that not be the case? McKinsey
estimates AI techniques have the potential to create between $3.5T and
$5.8T in value annually across nine business functions in 19 industries.
The study equates this value-add to approximately 40% of the overall
$9.5T to $15.4T annual impact that could be enabled by all analytical
techniques.
In the race for fame, are you coming
across too many self-proclaimed influencers in the field of AI and ML
lately? Don’t worry, you are not alone in this. The internet is full of
noise when it comes to information on AI and ML. I have a hard time
choosing what blog posts to read, what twitter feeds to pay attention to
and which Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning white paper to
download for my next read. I have lost count on the number of article
submissions we at Dataconomy Media get on these hot topics...
I compiled a list of top influencers in
the field of AI and ML which I recommend to keep yourself not just
updated or informed about the two fields, but rather also learn about AI
or ML. I included academics, researchers, entrepreneurs, investors and
authors. There are the few parameters I kept in mind. Firstly, these are
the people with a huge social media following and their independent
voice is not directly linked to the companies they work in or they
founded. There are indeed experts in AI and ML who are not all over
social media but that requires a separate list from us. Secondly, I
looked at the consistency of the last three years in their social media
presence and tried to be geographically well-spread because each part of
the world is contributing to the growth of AI and ML. Each number in
the list does not represent a rank.
Here we go:
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Source: Dataconomy