Ep. 152 - AI Vs My Job

About this episode

Cecilia and Karen discuss how they are using AI to enhance their work processes in the data field.

In this episode of the Women in Data Podcast, hosts Cecilia Oliveira and Karen Jean-Francois pull back the curtain on the "dirty little secret" of the data world: exactly how they are using AI to change the way they work. Moving past the headlines and the hype, Cecilia and Karen share a vulnerable look at their initial skepticism and how they shifted toward an "Augmentation Mindset." They dive into the practicalities of using AI as a junior collaborator—from cleaning messy data and writing SQL to the "meta" moment of using AI to help structure this very podcast episode. Whether you're feeling "productivity guilt" or pure curiosity, this episode is a guide to making AI work for you, so you can focus on the work only you can do.

People in this episode

Host: Karen Jean-Francois

Topics covered

• AI
• data
• productivity
• Augmentation Mindset

Keywords

• data world
• junior collaborator
• SQL
• cleaning data

Mentioned in this episode

Products: AI tools

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