One on One: Radovan Kavicky – The Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Whiz Kid at AIslovakIA!
“Interview: Radovan Kavicky – AI & Data Science Evangelist at AIslovakIA”
“Radovan Kavicky, AI/Data science evangelist at AIslovakia, opens up in an interview. Painting a stark image, he bluntly remarks, ‘if you look at AI today, you will find many things that are not really AI/ML but old technologies with a new name.’ And boy, isn’t he right?”
From the outset, Kavicky doesn’t beat around the bush, throwing his punches square at the industry’s propensity for good old rebranding. What was once jargon sprinkled extravaganza suddenly finds itself baptized under the magical waters of “AI”. Just like that, plain technologies emerge in shiny new avatar as the latest Artificial Intelligence model.
Fashion filters down faster in the tech-sphere than in Paris, and ‘AI’ has been strutting the runway in its haute couture gown for some time now. It’s the keyword that oui oui’s all day long, not caring if it’s being used to describe a box of crayons.
Data, according to our good friend Kavicky, “is everywhere, but real expertise in AI is not.” It’s like saying, “Oh look, a needle! Wait, where a haystack when you need one?” The whole AI scene appears to be an exaggerated game of hide and seek, where genuine AI wisdom is having a whale of a time hiding while businesses are still counting – 1, 2, 3…
Our evangelist argues that becoming an AI expert is not a cakewalk; you can’t download years of research and deep learning trials through a nifty Blockchain update. Kavicky’s sentiments echo what those well-versed in the AI game know all too well – it takes hard, nose-to-the-grindstone work to unfold the enigma that is artificial intelligence.
Ironically, amidst all the AI hoopla, the real gurus are those rare beasts who have a well of AI wisdom to offer, but shockingly, their ideas often fail to see the light of day. Amidst the chatter of ‘hard-selling AI wizards,’ these specialists are left mumbling the real AI truths into their beards.
Indeed, this enlightening tête-à-tête with Radovan Kavicky sheds a floodlight on the AI scene of today. More than advanced data-crunching machines or scintillating algorithms, the world needs a solid reality check.
The call of the hour is for businesses to rise above the charm of AI-bling and start understanding the nitty-gritty of artificial intelligence. The façade is pretty, but once you start scratching the surface, do you know what’s underneath?
To end with another gem from Kavicky – “There is a lot of hype and big words around AI; it’s not enough to put AI or Blockchain in the title to be an expert or successful in the field.” Well said, chap, well said!