Dr. Raj Ramesh

As a renowned international speaker and consultant, Dr. Ramesh has ample experience with complex systems working with software containing over a million lines of code and developing business processes for some of the most prominent companies.

He is also the Chief AI Officer at DataFoundry™, where he is spearheading the development of their AI platform and structure.

With a passion for teaching, Raj works to simplify complexity through visuals and videos, helping people understand the complexity and take action without being overwhelmed.

Raj has a doctorate in AI and seeks to bring together the complementary strengths of machines and humans to ultimately transform how to incorporate AI in business.

Raj is also an accomplished writer publishing many articles delving further into the mystery of AI. In his recent book, “AI & You: How to Think, Thrive, and Transform in an Artificial Intelligence Future,” he explores how individuals and companies can best prepare for the new changes AI will bring.

Furthermore, Raj also posts many informational videos on his YouTube channel, which can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/rajramesh

Talk Summary: How to think, transform, and thrive in the future

Today we are bombarded with information and have access to even more at our fingertips, which if we don’t organize well, can be overwhelming. Then we also don’t make the best decisions, because we see only a small piece of the puzzle and don’t understand the information in context.

Why do we do this? It’s because our educational system primarily focuses on structured communication like language, which has an associated grammar, ignoring the visual arts that are mostly unstructured. Two-thirds of humans are visual learners, but instead of developing our innate ability to model and process visual information, we ignore it. Organizing information linearly such as in sentences has its limits. We can extend that limit by organizing information in two dimensions, such as through visuals.

As the world gets inundated with data, technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) is enabling computers to process large volumes of data in faster and smarter ways. We are teaching computers to process data from multiple sources, build models, and make decisions based on those models, such as what an autonomous car does. Yet, AI cannot think creatively to solve significant problems, a skill that humans excel at.

Imagine a future where computers do what they are good, and humans do what they are good at – complementing each other to solve the world’s toughest challenges. To make that vision a reality, we need to go back and build upon our childhood abilities to express thoughts through visuals. Before we learned how to write, we drew. Expressing thoughts through drawing could be the equivalent of writing thousands of words. To better understand the complexities of the world around us and to thrive in the future world of advanced technologies, it’s time we all start to doodle.