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Insight
Data science deserves no special treatment over simple UI design changes
“Data science products should receive no special treatment. If a designer Can do a better job solving a problem by changing the color of a form than I can do with some AI model or something, then that design product should win.”
John Foreman Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 22:11 John Foreman, Mailchimp // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013
Insight
Data scientists should consider changing the business itself when models fail
“If a model's not working out, you should always ask yourself, can we just change the business? You know, as opposed to somehow optimally solving this problem, can we just stop doing this thing I'm trying to solve?”
John Foreman Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 8:03 John Foreman, Mailchimp // Data Driven NYC 19 // October 2013
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