1011: The Math Still Matters: Deep Skills in the Age of AI, with Dr. Catherine Williams

Today's guest was solving black hole equations with pen and paper before she ever wrote a line of code. Catherine Williams, chief data officer at the nonprofit Candid.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, know, data, including: And in today's episode, she makes a compelling case that going deep on the math, underlying machine learning matters more than ever, even now that AI can do the math for you.

1. 01Since then, across more than a decade of senior data leadership at AppNexus, Xander, Qualtrics, and now Candid, she's watched our field get born and then reinvent itself again and
2. 02In this episode, she traces that evolution from Bayesian models to BERT to today's LLMs and shares sharp, hard-won guidance on which skills will still matter as machines take over
3. 03But you also have a storied career, several major data leadership roles in things like high velocity at marketplaces