“As Federal agencies across the government are looking to scale up the use of artificial intelligence, former Federal officials are emphasizing the importance of data and having the right processes and governance in place to help facilitate that scaling...” “Kristin Seaver, who developed the AI/ML roadmap at USPS as the CIO and executive vice president from 2016-2020, said that it was key that she and leadership understood that to properly implement AI at scale and make AI solutions usable for the disparate teams that needed access to them across the agency, the processes and governance needed to be overhauled to properly fit the new use cases. ‘One of the things we had to really revisit was some of our policies around data and who would have access, and how data could be used,’ Seaver said. ‘Those had to be relooked at and in some cases updated, because when they were written, frankly, the possibility of AI in our workspace just wasn’t even palatable for people. You couldn’t even think about the use case. So that was critically important, and you’re gonna have to continue to do that.’ ‘AI is a is an iterative process,’ Seaver added. ‘So, understanding that it’s going to take cycles of refinement and learning to get closer to the solution you’re looking for.’...” Read the full article here. Source: Former Federal Officials Emphasize Data and Processes in Scaling AI – By Lamar Johnson, March 23, 2022. MeriTalk.