John Santaferraro interviews Kevin Petrie https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinpetrietech/ about the current state and future of GenAI adoption in enterprises. They discuss how generative AI has achieved widespread adoption with 92% of Fortune 500 companies implementing it in some way, while exploring the crucial role of data quality, metadata, and governance in successful AI implementations. The conversation highlights how CDOs need to bring together data, AI, and application lifecycles while ensuring proper governance and metadata management.
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Kevin is the VP of Research at BARC US, where he leads the data management practice and writes about topics such as AI, data integration, data observability, machine learning, and cloud data platforms. For 25 years Kevin has deciphered what technology means to practitioners, as an industry analyst, instructor, marketer, services leader, and tech journalist. He launched a data analytics services team for EMC Pivotal in the Americas and EMEA, and ran field training at the data integration software provider Attunity (now part of Qlik). A frequent public speaker and co-author of two books about data management, Kevin most loves helping startups educate their communities about emerging technologies.
https://www.eckerson.com/blogs/decoding-data-software
https://www.barc.com
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John Santaferraro
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsantaferraro/
https://www.ferraroconsulting.com/
http://www.thedigitalanalyst.ai/
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00:00 Introduction and the need for AI literacy
03:52 Understanding AI fundamentals
10:36 Identifying AI investment opportunities
21:25 Managing AI risks and governance
26:45 Transforming business with AI
31:09 AI in customer relationships
36:32 Building an AI literacy program
42:22 Closing thoughts and resources