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#9: AI With Me by Richmond Alake — Let’s talk about Business Value
Having a business value mindset when developing AI solutions. Podcast with Lewis Tunstall, co-author of “NLP with Transformers” and Data Engineering resources
I’d like you to grasp the crucial distinction between side projects and the real world: solutions created with cutting-edge deep learning technology for some arbitrary activities will only be relevant in the real world if they provide value — I mean genuine business value. Realising this fact early on in your career enables you as a practitioner to focus your efforts on what matters most for organisations, institutions, and corporations that have actual consumers and clients.
So, lately, I’ve been working on an intriguing tool that uses Transformers and other AI technologies. Rather than focusing my presentation on how amazing transformers are (even though they ARE) or how I created a dataset to train deep learning models. I’ve forced myself to consider what business value the clientele I’ll be demonstrating this demo tool want out of AI solutions.
Consider, for example, using a sentiment analysis algorithm to analyse client feedback on specific items and take marketing or sales action based on consumer comments about…
