Allan Engelhardt
@cybaea.net
Make money from data - the intersection of business and data science.
Friday #thought for the weekend:
"Modelling the world mathematically is as uniquely a human trait as language or art, but you would rarely find anyone complaining of being 'reduced to a poem' or 'reduced to a painting'."
--- Douglas W. Hubbard: How to Measure Anything
"Modelling the world mathematically is as uniquely a human trait as language or art, but you would rarely find anyone complaining of being 'reduced to a poem' or 'reduced to a painting'."
--- Douglas W. Hubbard: How to Measure Anything
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Friday #thought for the weekend:
"Modelling the world mathematically is as uniquely a human trait as language or art, but you would rarely find anyone complaining of being 'reduced to a poem' or 'reduced to a painting'."
--- Douglas W. Hubbard: How to Measure Anything
"Modelling the world mathematically is as uniquely a human trait as language or art, but you would rarely find anyone complaining of being 'reduced to a poem' or 'reduced to a painting'."
--- Douglas W. Hubbard: How to Measure Anything
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What steps are you taking to move the #AIGovernance conversation beyond ethics to include the more challenging topic of deep model assurance?
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What steps are you taking to move the #AIGovernance conversation beyond ethics to include the more challenging topic of deep model assurance?
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🧵 3/3
What steps are you taking to move the #AIGovernance conversation beyond ethics to include the more challenging topic of deep model assurance?
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
What steps are you taking to move the #AIGovernance conversation beyond ethics to include the more challenging topic of deep model assurance?
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🧵 2/3
The core issue is #governance. When we deploy #AI systems that are unpredictable by design, we move from managing data risk to managing systemic operational uncertainty. This requires a different, more robust approach to assurance than simply monitoring for output bias. #TechStrategy
The core issue is #governance. When we deploy #AI systems that are unpredictable by design, we move from managing data risk to managing systemic operational uncertainty. This requires a different, more robust approach to assurance than simply monitoring for output bias. #TechStrategy
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The core issue is #governance. When we deploy #AI systems that are unpredictable by design, we move from managing data risk to managing systemic operational uncertainty. This requires a different, more robust approach to assurance than simply monitoring for output bias. #TechStrategy
The core issue is #governance. When we deploy #AI systems that are unpredictable by design, we move from managing data risk to managing systemic operational uncertainty. This requires a different, more robust approach to assurance than simply monitoring for output bias. #TechStrategy
A recent survey of #AI advancements provides a useful and broad overview of the field. Two points I took away raises critical questions for corporate governance and #RiskManagement that seem to be understated in the mainstream conversation.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A recent survey of #AI advancements provides a useful and broad overview of the field. Two points I took away raises critical questions for corporate governance and #RiskManagement that seem to be understated in the mainstream conversation.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Are you building yesterday’s information architecture tomorrow? 🏗️
It's a question worth asking as the pace of AI adoption transforms how we interact with data.
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It's a question worth asking as the pace of AI adoption transforms how we interact with data.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-bu...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Are you building yesterday’s information architecture tomorrow? 🏗️
It's a question worth asking as the pace of AI adoption transforms how we interact with data.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-bu...
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It's a question worth asking as the pace of AI adoption transforms how we interact with data.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-bu...
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Just wrapped up #EARL2025! Fascinating insights on R/Python convergence, pragmatic GenAI, data for good, & the 'last mile' of data science. All driving towards better decisions. Great connections & discussions! How do you stay current? #DataScience #AI
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Just wrapped up #EARL2025! Fascinating insights on R/Python convergence, pragmatic GenAI, data for good, & the 'last mile' of data science. All driving towards better decisions. Great connections & discussions! How do you stay current? #DataScience #AI
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🧵2/ brought everything down in (from memory) 2023.
I have been an AWS user for longer than anyone else who is still using it. Huge advocate. I even used to host the Frequently Asked Questions for it, back in the day when AWS was just the advertising API.
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I have been an AWS user for longer than anyone else who is still using it. Huge advocate. I even used to host the Frequently Asked Questions for it, back in the day when AWS was just the advertising API.
web.archive.org/web/20070127...
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🧵2/ brought everything down in (from memory) 2023.
I have been an AWS user for longer than anyone else who is still using it. Huge advocate. I even used to host the Frequently Asked Questions for it, back in the day when AWS was just the advertising API.
web.archive.org/web/20070127...
I have been an AWS user for longer than anyone else who is still using it. Huge advocate. I even used to host the Frequently Asked Questions for it, back in the day when AWS was just the advertising API.
web.archive.org/web/20070127...
3/3
👉 Ask not if the #AI is perfect, ask if it is an improvement on what we do now and if you can control the errors, omissions, and mistakes that are inevitable in any decision process, whether made by human or algorithm. 👈
👉 Ask not if the #AI is perfect, ask if it is an improvement on what we do now and if you can control the errors, omissions, and mistakes that are inevitable in any decision process, whether made by human or algorithm. 👈
August 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
3/3
👉 Ask not if the #AI is perfect, ask if it is an improvement on what we do now and if you can control the errors, omissions, and mistakes that are inevitable in any decision process, whether made by human or algorithm. 👈
👉 Ask not if the #AI is perfect, ask if it is an improvement on what we do now and if you can control the errors, omissions, and mistakes that are inevitable in any decision process, whether made by human or algorithm. 👈
2/3
Our monkey brains are rubbish at any sort of complex rational thought. And yet we manage to make do and make progress.
Are there any of my readers who have not regretted a decision they made in error at the time because of bias of failure to think it through?
2/3
Our monkey brains are rubbish at any sort of complex rational thought. And yet we manage to make do and make progress.
Are there any of my readers who have not regretted a decision they made in error at the time because of bias of failure to think it through?
2/3
August 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
2/3
Our monkey brains are rubbish at any sort of complex rational thought. And yet we manage to make do and make progress.
Are there any of my readers who have not regretted a decision they made in error at the time because of bias of failure to think it through?
2/3
Our monkey brains are rubbish at any sort of complex rational thought. And yet we manage to make do and make progress.
Are there any of my readers who have not regretted a decision they made in error at the time because of bias of failure to think it through?
2/3
Hallucinations and related reasoning errors are a real problem with #AI and something you have to consider in your governance and controls.
HOWEVER, we have lived with 'hallucinations' in humans for millennia, only we call them cognitive and decision biases. Our monkey brains are rubbish … 1/3
HOWEVER, we have lived with 'hallucinations' in humans for millennia, only we call them cognitive and decision biases. Our monkey brains are rubbish … 1/3
August 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hallucinations and related reasoning errors are a real problem with #AI and something you have to consider in your governance and controls.
HOWEVER, we have lived with 'hallucinations' in humans for millennia, only we call them cognitive and decision biases. Our monkey brains are rubbish … 1/3
HOWEVER, we have lived with 'hallucinations' in humans for millennia, only we call them cognitive and decision biases. Our monkey brains are rubbish … 1/3
An executive proudly shows off their new AI dashboard. “Watch” he says, “AI, show me my most valuable customers.” The screen instantly fills with a list of the highest-spending clients.
The data scientist standing beside him whispers… 1/2
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The data scientist standing beside him whispers… 1/2
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August 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
An executive proudly shows off their new AI dashboard. “Watch” he says, “AI, show me my most valuable customers.” The screen instantly fills with a list of the highest-spending clients.
The data scientist standing beside him whispers… 1/2
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The data scientist standing beside him whispers… 1/2
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> "To beat the working-from-home alternative, spaces should ‘earn the commute,’ and you do that by creating space where people actually want to work, not just the space where they have to work."
#quote #RTO #WFH #true
Your thoughts?
Source: www.mckinsey.com/industries/r...
#quote #RTO #WFH #true
Your thoughts?
Source: www.mckinsey.com/industries/r...
August 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
> "To beat the working-from-home alternative, spaces should ‘earn the commute,’ and you do that by creating space where people actually want to work, not just the space where they have to work."
#quote #RTO #WFH #true
Your thoughts?
Source: www.mckinsey.com/industries/r...
#quote #RTO #WFH #true
Your thoughts?
Source: www.mckinsey.com/industries/r...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) recently published its Opinion on AI Governance and Risk Management. It’s being welcomed by many as a helpful clarification: no new rules, just guidance.
I am not so sure. Here's why:
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I am not so sure. Here's why:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
August 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) recently published its Opinion on AI Governance and Risk Management. It’s being welcomed by many as a helpful clarification: no new rules, just guidance.
I am not so sure. Here's why:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I am not so sure. Here's why:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Businesses are drowning in data but starving for insights that transform their bottom line. Why? Because we treat data science like a production line, not a craft. Testing does not trump insights.
I've written a piece that explores this:
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I've written a piece that explores this:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
August 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Businesses are drowning in data but starving for insights that transform their bottom line. Why? Because we treat data science like a production line, not a craft. Testing does not trump insights.
I've written a piece that explores this:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I've written a piece that explores this:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Will GLP-1 drugs break #Life #insurance? (No, but...)
GLP-1 are wonder drugs that lead to significant weight loss and improve various obesity-related comorbidities.
That sounds great for life insurers. It could be. People live longer. Profit.
But: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
GLP-1 are wonder drugs that lead to significant weight loss and improve various obesity-related comorbidities.
That sounds great for life insurers. It could be. People live longer. Profit.
But: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
July 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Will GLP-1 drugs break #Life #insurance? (No, but...)
GLP-1 are wonder drugs that lead to significant weight loss and improve various obesity-related comorbidities.
That sounds great for life insurers. It could be. People live longer. Profit.
But: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
GLP-1 are wonder drugs that lead to significant weight loss and improve various obesity-related comorbidities.
That sounds great for life insurers. It could be. People live longer. Profit.
But: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Your #AI assistant is already hacked: deal with it.
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
July 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Your #AI assistant is already hacked: deal with it.
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Your #AI assistant is already hacked: deal with it.
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
July 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Your #AI assistant is already hacked: deal with it.
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Your #AI assistant is already hacked: deal with it.
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
July 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Your #AI assistant is already hacked: deal with it.
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Robust context-isolation, that is, separating user input from executable code, is not optional, it is **absolutely required, no excuses**. This code from Google should not have been released as a product.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The best AI projects often look deceptively simple because they solve real problems rather than interesting technical challenges.
I’ve watched companies pour millions into AI projects for decades.
👇 Here’s what I’m seeing go wrong – and what works. 👇
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I’ve watched companies pour millions into AI projects for decades.
👇 Here’s what I’m seeing go wrong – and what works. 👇
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
July 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The best AI projects often look deceptively simple because they solve real problems rather than interesting technical challenges.
I’ve watched companies pour millions into AI projects for decades.
👇 Here’s what I’m seeing go wrong – and what works. 👇
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
I’ve watched companies pour millions into AI projects for decades.
👇 Here’s what I’m seeing go wrong – and what works. 👇
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
“Our data isn’t good enough for #AI yet.”
This has become the most sophisticated way to avoid making a decision - and it’s costing companies competitive advantage.
👇 Here’s why the “perfect data” myth is more dangerous than messy data. 👇
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
This has become the most sophisticated way to avoid making a decision - and it’s costing companies competitive advantage.
👇 Here’s why the “perfect data” myth is more dangerous than messy data. 👇
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
July 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“Our data isn’t good enough for #AI yet.”
This has become the most sophisticated way to avoid making a decision - and it’s costing companies competitive advantage.
👇 Here’s why the “perfect data” myth is more dangerous than messy data. 👇
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
This has become the most sophisticated way to avoid making a decision - and it’s costing companies competitive advantage.
👇 Here’s why the “perfect data” myth is more dangerous than messy data. 👇
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
=> 👉 What is your strategy for AI in your products? Let us know in the comments below 👇
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June 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
=> 👉 What is your strategy for AI in your products? Let us know in the comments below 👇
=> Follow me for more insights on driving growth through data strategy and innovation.
6/6
I was asked about our approach to using #AI in client facing tools. This is what I wrote, with some comments added below prefixed with '=>':
At Barnett Waddingham, our MDA team integrates AI capabilities as standard across our client-facing applications where:
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At Barnett Waddingham, our MDA team integrates AI capabilities as standard across our client-facing applications where:
1/
June 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I was asked about our approach to using #AI in client facing tools. This is what I wrote, with some comments added below prefixed with '=>':
At Barnett Waddingham, our MDA team integrates AI capabilities as standard across our client-facing applications where:
1/
At Barnett Waddingham, our MDA team integrates AI capabilities as standard across our client-facing applications where:
1/
I help turn complex data into clear decisions and commercial outcomes. I focus on better decision-making and unlocking new value through data-driven innovation – especially in industries where the stakes are high and the problems are difficult and poorly defined. www.linkedin.com/in/cybaea/
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June 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I help turn complex data into clear decisions and commercial outcomes. I focus on better decision-making and unlocking new value through data-driven innovation – especially in industries where the stakes are high and the problems are difficult and poorly defined. www.linkedin.com/in/cybaea/
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