IBM Chief Data Scientist Kirk Mettler is one of those seasoned analytics veterans who don’t buy most of the AI hype – but still see a vital role for LLMs. His perspective plays out fortuitously as he dives into the weeds of advanced projects, even while he manages a large team of data scientists, data engineers, and other data professionals. “Today’s sky-rocketing investment into LLMs is just plain inappropriate,” Mettler says, “And yet, not leveraging LLMs to augment predictive AI projects would be just as inappropriate! We hit the sweet spot by blending LLMs with the time-honored tradition of enterprise machine learning.”

Conference Founder Eric Siegel will interview Mettler, digging in for what promises to be an extremely enlightening fireside keynote chat.