Kevin Hu - Data observability and why itmatters

Kevin Hu, the co-founder and CEO of Metaplane, came on the TDS podcast to talk data observability, why it matters, and how it might be connected to responsible AI. Intro music: ➞ Artist: Ron Gelinas ➞ Track Title: Daybreak Chill Blend (original mix) ➞ Link to Track: 0:00 Intro 2:00 What is data observability? 8:20 Difference between a dataset’s internal and external characteristics 12:20 Why is data so difficult to log? 17:15 Tracing back models 22:00 Algorithmic analyzation of a date 26:30 Data ops in five years 33:20 Relation to cutting-edge AI work 39:25 Software engineering and startup funding 42:05 Problems on a smaller scale 46:40 Future data ops problems to solve 48:45 Wrap-up