Want To Be AI-First? You Need To Be Data-First.

Those that implement AI and Machine Learning project learn quickly that machine learning projects are not application development projects. Much of the value of machine learning projects rest in the models, training data, and configuration information that guides how the model is applied to the specific machine learning problem. The application code is mostly a means to implement the machine learning algorithms and "operationalize" the machine learning model in a production environment. That's not to say that application code is not necessary -- after all, the computer needs some way to operationalize the machine learning model -- but focusing a machine learning project on the application code is missing the big picture. If you want to be AI-first for your project, you need to have a data-first perspective.