Lessons learned from building Silly and Serious AI Applications

AI and machine learning projects can be powerful, transformative, and fraught with peril. In this session you'll hear stories of many different AI product prototypes ranging from the ridiculous such as a mirror built to tease the user to practical systems involving conversational AI agents that answer questions help plan your day to the business altering like automated document processing systems and code bugfix classification systems. While many of the systems we'll discuss are beyond silly, we'll get to walk through the process of envisioning, designing, implementing, and evaluating artificial intelligence and machine learning systems as well as the practice of creating prototypes and identifying and resolving potential quality, performance, and ethical issues early in the process. Plus, the variety in topics discussed means this session will serve as a laugh-filled tour of what's possible with modern artificial intelligence and machine learning.