Jim McGowan, head of product at ElectrifAi – Interview Series

Jim McGowan, is the head of product at ElectrifAi, they specialize in extracting massive amounts of disparate data, transforming chaotic structured and unstructured data into actionable business insights. What is it that attracted you to the world of machine learning and AI? I first encountered Machine Learning while earning a doctorate for work in cognitive science. AI systems largely consisted of distilling an expert's experience down to a flow chart. This seemed intuitively to work, but the systems quickly grew too complex and weren't living up to their promise.