EP #14: Responsible AI In Action with Sol Rashidi | Responsible AI Institute

Sol Rashidi, Chief AI & Data Officer and AI Advisor, joins us for this episode of Responsible AI In Action. Sol comes to us with a wealth of experience working for organizations like IBM, Estee Lauder, Merck, Royal Caribbean, and many others. We talk about what she has observed in her career as AI has advanced. We discuss the Washington Post's article covering Google's recent launch of their Google SGE, and the controversy it's caused. Sol also shares her take on whether or not AI models should use other content from the Internet.
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Sol Rashidi is an esteemed executive, leader, and influencer within the AI, Data, and Technology space. Having helped IBM launch Watson in 2011 as one of the earliest world applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI), holding over 4 C-Suite positions across Fortune 100’s, and with 32+ large scale AI & Data implementations under her belt, she’s been at the forefront of ideation, conceptualization, design and development of Data & AI applications. Sol is an energetic business executive skilled at coupling her technical acumen with story-telling abilities to articulate business value with startups, scale-ups, business owners, private equity firms, and Fortune 500's who are leaning into data, AI, and technology as a competitive advantage, while wanting to preserve the legacy in which they were founded upon. Sol is now an advisor, consultant, & fractional CDO & CAIO helping companies advance their business objectives. She is a global keynote speaker, and currently authoring a book about Artificial Intelligence for business leaders who don't have a technology background. Her hallmark is to make the complicated uncomplicated, and helping business leaders realize not everything needs to be cutting edge, sometimes innovation comes from cutting through the noise.
Articles referenced:
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www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/...

[@arunprasad77]

Awesome narration of the evolving space...specifically your parenting analogy and the need for regulations makes it clear for those who are skeptical about the potential of foundational models.

[@Tommy31416]

Thanks for the interview but maybe try ask your question in under 1 minute. The ratio of question to response was about 60:40 there, which is a shame because Sol is super interesting to listen to.