Week 7 - MKTG 6101 - Surfing the Tsunami - Chapter 7

Hello everyone!

This post will be covering the content covered in Chapter 7 of Surfing the Tsunami (https://www.amazon.com/Surfing-Tsunami-Introduction-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1976756340).

One of the key points from this chapter for me actually came from an interview that author Todd Kelsey did with Jim Sphrer, a computer scientist working as the Director of Cognitive OpenTech for IBM. When asked what he thought would be the best path for someone who wants to get into a more consistent full time position, he answered “find others with your same interest…to be the best to learn from the rest.” When asked what skills and courses a student or mid level career professional should take in order to reinvent themselves, he answered, “Find role models, and get to know them by helping them solve problems.” It is clear that if you are looking for a change or even simply want to know more about AI and digital media, do so by getting in touch with someone who is directly working in that area. 



As you learn more about AI, look for information about people in the AI community. This includes learning about AI at every level, not just individuals who are higher up in a company. 


Leaders in the AI Community (As stated in Surfing the Tsunami)

  • Andrew Ng - Vp & Chief Scientist of Baidu, Co-Chairman and Co-Founder of Courseram Adjunct Professor at Stanford University

  • Geoffrey Hinton - University of Toronto, Google

  • Pedro Domingos - University of Washington, author of The Master Algorithm

  • Fei Fei Li - Associate Professor of Computer Science at US Stanford University, Director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) and the Stanford Vision Lab

  • Jim Spohrer - Computer scientist, Director of Cognitive OpenTech for IBM, Director of IBM Global University Programs Worldwide

  • Irving Wladawsky-Berger - Contributor to the Wall Street Journal’s CIO Journal, and a Visiting Lecturer at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Adjunct Professor at the Imperial College Business School


Thank you for reading!

Until next time,

Mariana Munguia 

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