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Mike Horton

Mike Horton

Dr. Mike Horton, DBA — Director of the Center for Applied AI Maturity at Northeastern University and former acting Chief AI Officer and Chief Data Officer at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Sep 14, 2026

Soul of the CIO

Soul of the CIO

Why Putting AI on Every Desk Won’t Make Your Company More Productive | Dr. Mike Horton

Sep 14 · 44m

speaker_1HOST
26:49
You want to
Mike Horton
Mike HortonGUEST
26:49
live forever? Yeah, apparently not.
Mike Horton
Mike HortonGUEST
26:55
That was my first foray into trying to make community.
Mike Horton
Mike HortonGUEST
27:02
And not only at a department level, there's certain things that people don't quite understand.
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Mike HortonGUEST
27:07
Every department has its requirement for its mission to keep its data to itself.
Mike Horton
Mike HortonGUEST
27:12
I can't share my data, Social Security can't share its data with me, typically.
Mike Horton
Mike HortonGUEST
27:17
So you keep your data, you have your protocols, I have my protocols.

13 MINS LATER

speaker_1HOST
40:08
Maybe tell us a bit about your upcoming book, AI Ain't Free, and your recent academic work, and close us out that way.

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