How to Survive Tech's Chaotic Transformation

Are you nervous about the pace of technological change? If you're running a profitable business, and would like to keep it that way, you should be worried about being out-innovated by a nimbler startup leveraging the latest tech. However, while machine learning and AI will play a major role in separating the winners from the losers, it won't be the only factor at play, according to a pair of MIT researchers. It's hard to overstate the advances being made in the world of data science, which is closely linked to AI and is ultimately the source of many of the digital transformations occurring right now. During his keynote address at the Dataworks Summit earlier this month, Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden said data science will be "the transformational next leg of the journey" for everybody.