Edin Mustajbegovic
edin@actiontwelve.com
Investing in Data
Anyone consistently making money from Machine
Learning in Mining, not including consulting?
Machine learning is a tool…
You have to figure out how to bring it into your workplace…
Computation
Data
Program
Results
Traditional
Software
Development
Computation
Data
Program
Results
Computation
Data
Results
Program
Machine Learning Makes
Software Development
Different
Machine learning starts with results
It automates complex situations where rules are hard to understand
Change Behaviour
Decide
Analyse Value
Get Useful Data
TIME - How fast does the cycle need to happen to get value?
SCALE - Are we going to diversify or replicate?
AUTOMATION - How automated is the process?
FEEDBACK - How is improvement going to happen?
Value is Complex…
Value
Change Behaviour
Decide
Analyse
Get Useful Data
How hard is it?
Very difficult
Straightforward
Where most of investment goes?
Low
High
And most companies are
doing it all wrong…
Machine learning pilots are easy
compared to getting useful data and changing behaviour, or putting
them in production and getting consistent value
Maturity models are an easy
way to sell you consulting…
Theoretical Capability
Discontinuous
Improvement
Performance
Time
Continuous
Improvement
Stabilisation
Continuous
Improvement
Know thy work…
Machine Learning maturity is never a goal…
Productivity, profit, safety — those are goals…
High
Model Complexity
Low
Interpretability
Required Amount of Training Data
Model Performance
Machine Learning models are
not a silver bullet for your
lack of vision or knowledge…
Change Behaviour
Decide
Analyse Value
Get Useful Data
What do you have
to be good at…
I.T.
Applied Data
Science
Safety
Geology
Mine Engineering
Maintenance
Transportation
Supply Chains
… and so on Management
Machine Learning requires you to be good at mining
and I.T. and Data Science and Management
Machine Learning
in Mining…
Machine Learning is a tool…
starts with results…
pilots are easy…
maturity is never a goal…
requires you to be good at mining…
The only asset in this story is Data…
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