FINAL WORD
Empowering workers with data to build culture of sustainable AI
Only 42 % business users have access to data in comparison to 94 % data specialists in UAE , limiting the growth of sustainable AI culture in enterprises says Gregory Herbert at Dataiku .
There is hardly a business in the region that is not at least considering how to integrate artificial intelligence , AI into its technology mix . But two main stumbling blocks present themselves , a talent shortage and the identification of use cases .
In the United Arab Emirates , UAE an entry-level data scientist can expect to earn around AED12,000 a month , and salaries can reach up to AED30,000 for a senior data scientist and more than AED 50,000 for a lead data scientist .
These are rare , and hence , expensive , skills . The top salaries are going to people who have both the technical know-how and business knowledge to overcome both stumbling blocks . I need hardly tell you how rare these professionals are .
Rather than go on a unicorn hunt , many enterprises are choosing to upskill the talent they have , training AI experts in business matters and introducing business users to the world of AI . A recent Dataiku study revealed that among businesses that have implemented AI at scale , delivery of what we call Everyday AI , 85 % had cross-trained their teams .
But their success was only made possible by ensuring business users got the same access to data and AI as technical teams did . Other recent Dataiku research found that while almost all , 94 % data science and technology specialists in the UAE have this access , only 42 % of business users reported the same .
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