AI Strategy: 6 Trends Changing The Role Of Data Scientists

Business competition is increasingly defined not just by product quality or delivery logistics, but also by unique data assets and the ability to capitalize on them. It should be no surprise, then, that as companies invest heavily in AI strategy and execution, data scientists find themselves in heavy demand. The data scientist star has actually been in ascendance for some time. In 2012, the Harvard Business Review infamously declared the position "the sexiest job of the 21st century." More recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) rosily projected six-figure salaries and thousands of new positions for the years ahead.