IDG Contributor Network: Stop drowning your data scientists in drudgery

Can intelligent systems help data scientists? I recognize this is a massive, far-reaching question but it’s one that we need to consider and a question that inspired last week’s gathering of executives from around the world. O’Reilly’s Next: Economy conference, an event dedicated to addressing the transformation of work and business in the digital age, was an opportunity to closely examine the specific business models and industries being rapidly upended.

I was invited to speak on how intelligent systems like natural-language generation will augment our work and which roles will evolve accordingly. My presentation garnered a range of reactions as I zeroed in on the data scientist and pointed out that there are many aspects of this job that can be automated.

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