Automating away your job as a Data Scientist | Melissa Runfeldt (Salesforce, CueIn)

Automating away your job as a Data Scientist | Melissa Runfeldt (Salesforce, CueIn)

Author: Ronak Nathani, Guang Yang December 12, 2023 Duration: 1:01:47

Before joining CueIn last year as a Founding Data Scientist, Melissa was a Lead Data Scientist at Salesforce working on the Einstein Platform that focused on automating Data Science workflows. In this conversation we dive into Melissa's unique journey, what to do in the face of increasing job automation and explore the latest developments in practical AI.

Segments:

[00:02:13] Melissa's background in computational neuroscience

[00:06:08] 7 years at Salesforce vs startup

[00:11:31] Joining CueIn

[00:19:30] Chatbot observability

[00:28:16] Feedback loops

[00:33:10] Use LLM to observe.. LLMs?

[00:39:06] AI automating jobs

[00:43:01] Doing ML in 2017 vs now

[00:50:35] Few shot learning, Hugging Face

Show Notes:

  • Melissa's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissajanerunfeldt/

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