Misc.
This company changed its slogan from "Don't be evil" in 2015, replacing it with "Do the right thing"
What is Google
This role involves creating company visualizations and translating business insights & forecasts so that other departments can make informed decisions
What is a Business Analyst
This Social Media CEO's Megacorporation ran through a major rebrand in 2021 when they adopted a surreal emphasis on virtual reality
Who is Mark Zuckerberg
Behind every For You page or recommended search, there is one of these collecting and sorting each users' personal data to make predictions on what they'd like to see
What is an Algorithm
These individuals share a name with a civil engineering field, except in this case they're building virtual systems from the ground up
What is a Data Architect
This mathematician conceptualized modern AI prior to its inception with a self-named test that would evaluate whether a machine could pass as a human in conversation
Who was Alan Turing
The first version of this series of machine learning model was published in 2018 in an academic paper, transforming chatbots forever
What is GPT
Abraham Wald's visualization on WWII fighter-jet casualties is one of the best known representations of this effect
This broadly defined career was invented by eugenicists but has since been adopted in a variety of ways to make meaningful differences via. research, economics, business, and government
What is a Statistician
This statistician was a pioneer of both complex data visualization and life-saving medical hygiene during the Crimean war
Who was Florence Nightingale
This fictional AI scared audiences in a 1968 film, titled after a 'future' year
What/Who is HAL 9000
This role is closely associated with a computer science field, and involves responding to and preventing events that might be harmful
What is a Data Security Specialist
Often credited as the first computer scientist, this individual designed the first programming language, even prior to the invention of the computer
Who was Ada Lovelace
This data breach of an adult website in March 2020 is regarded as the largest data breach in history, exposing 11 billion highly-sensitive records due to an unsecured database
What is the CAM4 data breach
Individuals with this type of job typically specialize in a certain subfield, and are called in to advise on related matters
What is a Data Consultant
This British polymath is credited with developing both the ANOVA technique and the p-value; is now a controversial figure due to promotion of eugenics
Who was Ronald Fisher