Leaders S2: E15 - Robert Elliott Smith (StrangeMap)

We catch up with Robert Elliott Smith from StrangeMap this week! This was a really interesting conversation, with topics of discussion including AI being used to support decisions rather than make decisions, understanding the strengths of humans alongside technology and the power and dangers of algorithms as a leader, and realising the importance of solving the customers problem. Robert also shares his experience in having an academic background as a business leader.

Dr. Robert Smith is a technologist, complexity scientist, and entrepreneur. He has been working in AI for 30 years, for clients across the private and public sectors. He is also the author or Rage Inside the Machine: The Prejudice of Algorithms and How to Stop the Internet Making Bigots of Us All, which was shortlisted as UK Best Business Book of the Year.