Takeaways from #EmTech Digital (1) – Better Data, Better AI (Linkedin)

EmTech Digital is MIT Technology Review’s Signature AI Conference. Here are my takeaways from Day 1: Better Data, Better AI.

Note: These aren’t comprehensive and by no means cover the depth of insights that speakers gave. These are just a few things that I’m geeked about.

The yin-yang of AI are data and algorithms – Brian Bryson, MIT Tech Review

Notes from Andrew Ng’s talk (Landing AI, Baidu, Google Brain)

1. The discipline of systematically engineering the data for a successful AI system.
2. Even small datasets can work, provided the quality is high.