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Handling uncertainty: panic vs. precautions…

Timo Elliott

Some people insist that the currently reported mortality rates are wildly overestimated because of the “missing denominator” problem—the absence of people who don’t show symptoms. A more flexible way of attacking uncertainty is to look beyond specific models and instead benchmark against “other people like us.”

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Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s no surprise, then, that according to a June KPMG survey, uncertainty about the regulatory environment was the top barrier to implementing gen AI. So here are some of the strategies organizations are using to deploy gen AI in the face of regulatory uncertainty. With AI, their users can get extremely smart research assistants.

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More Than Two-Thirds of IT and Finance Professionals Waste a Day Each Week on Operational Reports, According to New insightsoftware Research

Jet Global

With the economy pushing companies to do more with less, new research underscores the case for automated reporting RALEIGH, N.C. April 12, 2023 – insightsoftware , a global provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions, today released new research on the state of operational reporting.

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2021 Data/AI Salary Survey

O'Reilly on Data

There was a lot of uncertainty about stability, particularly at smaller companies: Would the company’s business model continue to be effective? However, 8% of the correspondents reported decreased compensation, and 18% reported no change. A small number of respondents (8%) reported salary decreases, and 18% reported no change.

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Uncertainties: Statistical, Representational, Interventional

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

by AMIR NAJMI & MUKUND SUNDARARAJAN Data science is about decision making under uncertainty. Some of that uncertainty is the result of statistical inference, i.e., using a finite sample of observations for estimation. But there are other kinds of uncertainty, at least as important, that are not statistical in nature.

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Humans and AI: How Should You Talk About AI? Be Positive or Give Warnings?

DataRobot

The auditor’s report contained both good news and bad news. AI and Uncertainty. Some people react to the uncertainty with fear and suspicion. Recently published research addressed the question of “ When Does Uncertainty Matter?: Understanding the Impact of Predictive Uncertainty in ML Assisted Decision Making.”.

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Burnout: An IT epidemic in the making

CIO Business Intelligence

The 2023 IT salary report from Robert Half reinforces these findings. For IT professionals who report high levels of burnout, 42% are considering quitting their company within the next six months, according to survey data from Yerbo. Moreover, 30% reported that they feel inefficient at work.

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