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Make Data Work
March 5–6, 2018: Training
March 6–8, 2018: Tutorials & Conference
San Jose, CA
Aneesh Karve

Aneesh Karve
Cofounder and CTO, Quilt

Website | @akarve

Aneesh Karve is the CTO of Quilt Data, a Y Combinator company advancing an open source standard for versioned data. Previously, Aneesh was a product manager, lead designer, and software engineer at companies including Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Matterport and the general manager and founding member of AdJitsu, the first real-time 3D advertising platform for iOS (acquired by Amobee in 2012). He holds degrees in chemistry, mathematics, and computer science. Aneesh’s research background spans proteomics, machine learning, and algebraic number theory.

Sessions

12:00pm–12:30pm Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Who has better taste, machines or humans?
Location: LL20 B
Violeta Hennessey (Warner Bros.), Aneesh Karve (Quilt), David Boyle (Audience Strategies), Pete Skomoroch (Workday)
Average rating: *****
(5.00, 1 rating)
Algorithms decide what we see, what we listen to, what news we consume, and myriad other decisions each day. But while they can make many things more efficient, can they outperform humans in areas where the "right" outcome can't be clearly defined? In this Oxford-style debate, two teams will face off, arguing whether or not machines have better taste than humans. Read more.