Sanlam AI Tech Talk, Bellville, South Africa, 29 May 2018

Sanlam AI Tech Talk, Bellville, South Africa, 29 May 2018

MIIA was represented at this event via Dr Jacques Ludik as one of the invited speakers. The panel consisted of:

• Dr Jacques Ludik – MIIA, Cortex Logic
• Dr Nick Bradshaw – AIExpo Africa, IntelliChat
• Ryan Falkenburg – CLEVVA
• Andrew Quixley – IBM Watson

Here were the questions that were discussed by the panel:

• Define AI
• Benefits of AI in life insurance
• Use cases for AI in life insurance
• Typical business case – investment required and quantified benefits – for AI implementations
• Considerations for an AI implementation
• Is AI really a threat to current jobs?
• How are jobs changing with AI?
• How can staff upskill themselves to be ready for AI?
• How does an organisation like Sanlam get started with AI
• Ethical questions
• Closing remarks