027: Addressing AI's ETHICAL ISSUES w/ the former US Dept of Defense's Chief Data Officer Michael Conlin

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The amount of data that we create, capture, and consume is growing exponentially. In fact, according to IDC, the amount of data we will create in the next three years - will be more than the data we created over the past 30 years. That sounds great, but it does raise a lot of questions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are companies and governments doing with that data?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is our data being used ethically?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who should be responsible for setting  the regulations about how data captured can be used?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These are just some of the questions that we will discuss in this podcast. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s guest, Michael Conlin, will help delve deeper into these questions. He currently is the Chief Technology Officer for Definitive Logic, a US-based analytics and digital transformation specialist vendor, and was previously, the first ever Chief Data Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense (and almost the U.S. Data Czar - listen in to find out what happened). </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">02:00 The journey that led a psychology major to become the first Chief Data Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">09:00 The transition from the private to the public sector - what attracted Micheal to the DoD?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">14:30 What was it like on Day 1 when you realised you were responsible for straightening out the data structure and strategy for the DoD’s 3.2 million employees and across its 13,000 operational IT systems?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">20:00 The U.S. has a Border Czar, Bird Flu Czar & Cybersecurity Czar - was he the Data Czar?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">23:30 What are the main differences between being a CT