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KeyBARD
Revolutionizing Education with Artificial Intelligence with Dan McCreary
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Thembi takes a deep dive into MicroSims, systems thinking, generative artificial intelligence (AI), and so much more with Dan McCreary, an AI strategist that works as head of AI for TigerGraph.
In the past, Dan worked as a VLSI circuit designer at Bell Labs and with the creators of the UNIX operating system. He worked with Steve Jobs at NeXT Computer, and founded his own consulting firm with over 75 employees.
His background includes topics such as scale-out enterprise knowledge graphs, high performance computing and advanced databases to support AI. While at a healthcare company he helped create the world's largest knowledge graph.
He is the co-author of the book "Making Sense of NoSQL" and is a frequent blogger on AI strategy. He has been closely following the growth of knowledge graphs and generative AI. He is a huge fan of ChatGPT.
Connect with Dan on LinkedIn and read his blog on Medium, where he writes about Generative AI Strategy, knowledge graphs, software architecture, systems thinking, and storytelling.
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Thembi: Hello, hello, and welcome to KeyBARD. I am Thembi, and today I am so excited to talk with Dan McCreary. Now, let me tell you a little bit about his background.
He is an AI strategist that works as head of AI for TigerGraph. In the past, Dan worked as a VLSI circuit designer at Bell Labs and with the creators of the UNIX operating system. He has worked with Steve Jobs at NeXT Computer and founded his own consulting firm with over 75 employees.
His background includes topics such as scale out enterprise knowledge graphs, high performance computing and advanced databases to support AI. While at a healthcare company, he helped create the world's largest knowledge graph. He is the co-author of the book "Making Sense of NoSQL" and is a frequent blogger on AI strategy.
He has been closely following the growth of knowledge graphs and generative AI. He is a huge fan of ChatGPT, also a fave of mine. Welcome, Dan.
Dan: Thank you. That was a very nice introduction. I'm so honored to be on your podcast. I've been reading about you and all of the things you do, so I'm just very grateful to be part of your network here.
Thembi: Oh my gosh, thank you. I'm so, so happy to have you. So, all right, let's jump in. You have achieved significant accomplishments in the tech space, right? Particularly with Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI, Knowledge Graphs and NoSQL. You even co-wrote a book on it and co-founded the NoSQL Now! Conference. So, okay, what led you to all of this incredible work?
Dan: Well, to make a long story short, I'm dyslexic. I grew up thinking I was kind of the dumbest kid in the class and then I had an uncle who was a fantastic member, mentor for me. And he kind of walked me through being good at something, which was building electronic circuits, learning how to solder. And ever since then, I realized that I could use my brain in ways that were a little unique. And when I went to Bell Labs, I designed circuits and I found I could debug circuits a little bit better. I could kind of see electrons moving through systems.
And throughout my career, I just had this weird gift that I can see data movement. I'm a visual thinker. I have a very strong curiosity about how computers work, and I just kind of use that to help me solve problems. And one of my favorite problems is the problems in the educational and art space. How do we get our teachers to generate these applications just by using ChatGPT and more importantly, how do we get more of our creative community involved in the technology sector? So that crossover between education and arts has always been fascinating for me.
Thembi: I mean, so you say you started with, I guess I would say using your hands, right? Just sort of picking things apart and trying to understand like with the circuit boards and everything. Was that just something that you made a decision at some point and said, okay, this...
