Eric Siegel | The AI Playbook | Talks at Google

Leading consultant and former Columbia University professor Eric Siegel discusses his book “The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment,” an explanation on how machine learning works and how to successfully operationalize it. In "The AI Playbook," Eric presents the gold-standard, six-step practice for ushering machine learning projects from conception to deployment. This disciplined approach serves both sides: It empowers business professionals, and it establishes a sorely needed strategic framework for data professionals. Get the book: goo.gle/3U3mDEX Eric Siegel, Ph.D. helps companies deploy machine learning. He is the founder of the long-running Machine Learning Week conference series and Generative AI Applications Summit, the instructor of the acclaimed online course Machine Learning Leadership and Practice – End-to-End Mastery, executive editor of The Machine Learning Times, and a frequent keynote speaker. He wrote the bestselling book "Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die," which has been used in courses at hundreds of universities. Eric’s interdisciplinary work bridges the stubborn technology/business gap. At Columbia, he won the Distinguished Faculty award when teaching the graduate computer science courses in ML and AI. Later, he served as a business school professor at UVA Darden. Eric also publishes op-eds on analytics and social justice. Moderated by Brett Durrett.