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Re: Big data is dead

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It's absolutely this. "Decision-based evidence-making" is what I've seen it called.

"We make decisions based on data, so let's use mine."

Take random words that Brent Spiner has said and mash them into a video.

Re: Big data is dead

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There is literally a post on front page on ChatGPT, and Microsoft and Google are preparing to duke it out starting in the _next 2 days_ over big-data generated 'chat' result. Big data was never going to be useful to even medium size enterprises, unless anyone can get public access to PBs of data, but that doesn't mean big data is dead. ChatGPT is literally changing how school will test their students, for a start. Ma…

>ChatGPT is literally changing how school will test their students, for a start. Sure, instead of schools checking for plagiarism from other students' papers using turnitin.com, they'll check for plagiarism using ChatGPT tools that scan for known output from their industrial-scale amalgamation of plagiarized materials. Big whoop.

what if teachers ask chatgpt how best to test students despite the existence of a tool like chatgpt enabling cheating

Re: Big data is dead

#54
Not that big data is dead, more like real time data is coming to life, but you need the old stuff around to make a buck or two… Well, that my view. LLMs are transformer model technique are making data more relevant than ever. If you are a business, well you are in for a “now real” digital transformation.

Making data the centerpiece of your business business could mean that your effectiveness of business process could increase several order of magnitudes. Funny thing is, you will not use some else’s model, unless you are building a ChatBox to infer, but you will need to build your own model and be trained in your own business process to be successful.

Consider a bank, here is my prediction of expected outcomes:

Enhanced Customer Experience: The system can act as a virtual banking assistant, providing customers with instant access to their account information, real-time transactions, and balance updates. The system can also answer customer inquiries and provide relevant information, improving the overall customer experience. Improved Fraud Detection: The system can monitor the bank's financial transactions in real-time and identify any potential fraud, helping the bank reduce its exposure to financial losses.

Automated Loan Processing: The system can analyze loan applications, credit scores, and other relevant data to approve or reject loan applications in real-time, reducing the time and effort required for manual loan processing. Personalized Marketing: The system can analyze customer behavior, transaction history, and demographic information to provide personalized marketing and cross-selling opportunities, increasing the bank's revenue and customer loyalty.

Real-Time Insights: The system can provide real-time insights into the bank's financial performance, customer behavior, and market trends, enabling the bank to make informed decisions and respond to market changes quickly.

What is interesting to me is, this is just the beginning of what could be…

Re: Big data is dead

#56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>ChatGPT is literally changing how school will test their students, for a start. Sure, instead of schools checking for plagiarism from other students' papers using turnitin.com, they'll check for plagiarism using ChatGPT tools that scan for known output from their industrial-scale amalgamation of plagiarized materials. Big whoop.

Is it crazy to think that instead of stepping up in the war against AI we instead try to figure out a way to teach kids assuming they will use AIs?

Are we trying to produce adults who are able to think critically and creatively, and who reach their full intellectual potential, or are we trying to produce adults who can push a few buttons and blindly believe what the machine tells them?

Re: Big data is dead

#57
Pretty funny to see this when every other headline on this site is about how large language models are about to revolutionize dentistry, beekeeping, etc.

Re: Big data is dead

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

>ChatGPT is literally changing how school will test their students, for a start. Sure, instead of schools checking for plagiarism from other students' papers using turnitin.com, they'll check for plagiarism using ChatGPT tools that scan for known output from their industrial-scale amalgamation of plagiarized materials. Big whoop.

Or just require students to use software that keeps track of version history or require spyware installed.

Go back to longhand. Even if they are plagiarizing, they might learn something from the exercise of rewriting by hand.

Re: Big data is dead

#59
I feel like big data has rarely lived in most organizations. My own experience working in large orgs largely supports the point that collected data is rarely queried. But this is rarely due to a lack of interest, it is mostly because a) nobody really has a great overview over what even is collected b) even if you know/assume something is collected, you usually have no idea where c) if you find the data, there is a decent chance that it is in some sort of weird format that requires a ton of processing to be usable.

This has been - to varying extends - my own experience working in large organizations that don't have tech as their core business.

Although there are some successful data analysis project, the potential of the collected data remains largely underutilized.

Re: Big data is dead

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

>ChatGPT is literally changing how school will test their students, for a start. Sure, instead of schools checking for plagiarism from other students' papers using turnitin.com, they'll check for plagiarism using ChatGPT tools that scan for known output from their industrial-scale amalgamation of plagiarized materials. Big whoop.

Is it crazy to think that instead of stepping up in the war against AI we instead try to figure out a way to teach kids assuming they will use AIs?

The average human hates changes of things they've grown used to.

People are very attached to school being just like it was when they went.

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