Q&A with Andrew Brust of Datameer Regarding Big Data's Role in AI

Datameer recently announced SmartAI that integrates Big Data with machine learning models to provide better data insights. The goal of SmartAI is to be able to operationalize AI for Big Data i.e. run AI algorithms at scale on big data, to enable business analysts to plugin AI models into analytic workflows, and to be able to do all this in a secure and compliant manner. InfoQ caught up with Andrew Brust, senior director, market strategy and intelligence at Datameer, regarding the general role of Big Data in AI in general and SmartAI in particular. InfoQ: Datameer has hitherto been in the Big Data space. Why move to AI? Is Big Data passe?