Ever wonder how your phone knows what you want to write next? Or how Netflix recommends shows you might enjoy? This is all made possible by artificial intelligence, or AI. AI is transforming the way we live and work, from healthcare to entertainment. Its becoming more and more of a deal every day! Yet who are the brains behind these intelligent systems? The answer is a bit like a movie with a whole lot of different actors! Yes, the building and running of AI requires a diverse AI cast. The Data Architects: Building the Fuel for the AI Engine AI consumes food in the form of data! Without it, AI systems learned or made decisions. Consider data architects the farmers. They cultivate and collect the raw materials required to feed these AI brains. These individuals are critical for ensuring that the data that is collected is of high quality so that it can be effectively managed and made ready for use. So, data architects prepare, gather, and store data in AI systems. Data Acquisition: Where the Raw Material is Collected Data Acquisition — It’s all about gathering the data! There are multiple ways of going through this process. One is web scraping, meaning that data is scraped from websites. Another one is sensor data, where devices collect information from the...