Inside Applied Data Governance: Expert Perspectives from the ADGP Program Episode 1: The Importance of Data Governance with John Ladley

Has been, but it seems like the tide's shifting a little bit with the reliance on AI and now people really need to understand the governance of data that you're talking about.

Another story to enhance this conversation, if I may.

All right.

Please.

So AI pops up summer of 2024, right? We all get our chat GPT subscription, remember? Yes, I do.

And we all say, I would like a picture of my brother, but I want him to look like a cocker spaniel.

That's how we all start to use AI, right? And of course, it's off to the races.

But it doesn't take long to realize this is really important stuff.

Yeah.

And I was like, wait a second.

I'm 68 years old.

I'm not going to learn anything about this.

I'm going to just stay a data guy.

I'm going to put AI in a separate track because I want to fade into the sunset without having to learn anything new.

Well, it didn't take long for us to realize that AI is to our century as the steam engine was to the 19th century.

It is transforming society.

It's going to transform human beings.

As a species, we're going to be different in 20 years because of AI.

And when that light bulb came on, I went, rats.

I have to learn something.

I have to learn something about this.

You talk about misunderstanding and underestimating.

I underestimated the impact and the role of governance of data when it comes to AI.

And now it's super important.

And I've had to sit down and study here recently.