I think the term is very loaded, and when many people invoke it they often do so as a catch-all for talking about working with a certain a set of tools:R, map-reduce, data visualization etc. I think, this actually hurts the discipline a great deal, because if it is meant to actually a science, the majority of our focus be on questions, not tools.
- Drew Conway
The Disruptors: Data Science Leaders: Collective Biographies of Influential Leaders by Kate Strachnyi.
Kate has done a much needed work to bring to light what this field is all about; thank you Kate for giving me good talking points on explaining what I do.
Humans are born data scientists; we are born curious, we ask lot of questions, and we are good at detecting patterns. When children play, they sort their toys by color, shape, function. They know they can build a castle with blocks but not balls and they know you can play soccer with a ball but not blocks. These are things data scientists do, classification, sorting, indexing etc.
- Kirk Borne
People want artificial intelligence, but they also want control. Having both is difficult.
- Mico Yuk
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