Intelligence Professionals: Data Caution Required?
March 21, 2019
Perhaps we rely too much on AI and machine learning in our respective industries. This is a lesson the intelligence world of NSA, CIA, and the like are beginning to understand. While the insights computer programs provide are illuminating, they are also subject to inaccuracies, too. We learned more from a recent Sapiens story, “The Science of Human Nature Has a Serious Problem.”
According to the story:
“But a growing body of research has raised concerns that many of these discoveries suffer from severe biases of their own. Specifically, the vast majority of what we know about human psychology and behavior comes from studies conducted with a narrow slice of humanity—college students, middle-class respondents living near universities, and highly educated residents of wealthy, industrialized, and democratic nations.”
The intelligence community and other investigative groups rely on smart software. The outputs from some systems may generate signals which can be off the mark. How will vendors respond?
Marketing may have to ride to the rescue.
Patrick Roland, March 21, 2019
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