RWDS Big Questions: What excites you in data science at the moment?
Next in our series, the panel explores the most impactful developments coming down the road.
Apr 23, 2026
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Is data science a new and exciting set of skills, necessary for analyzing 21st century data? Or is it (as some have claimed) a rebranding of statistics, which has carefully developed time-honored methods for data analysis over the past century? In this article, we use two popular data science algorithms to examine the difference between data science, statistics, and other occupations.
Jonathan Auerbach, David Kepplinger, and Nicholas Rios ask, ‘What is data science?’
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Generative AI is based on neural networks, which are so-called ‘black boxes’. This makes it difficult or impossible to explain the inner workings of the model which has potential implications if in the future you are challenged to justify decisioning or guidance based on the model.
Excerpt from the UK government’s framework for the use of generative AI
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