Author: Igor Alcantara I want you to picture the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Thus Spoke Zarathustra . Stanley Kubrick gives us one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history. One of our ancestors, possibly a Homo Habilis, stands at the dawn of cognition. Surrounded by the bones of the past, they lift one from a carcass and, with the abstract thought that only advanced primates possess, imagine its potential. Our great-great-g(n)reat-grandparent sees beyond what’s in fr

Real photo of Igor Alcantara in a regular ML project Author: Igor Alcantara There is a common trend in the world of data that is a bit dangerous. A person watches a couple of YouTube videos, learns how to use some no-code tools, Auto ML type or RAG, and claims "I am a data scientist" or learn a few prompts and say they are an "AI Expert". What bothers me is not the title itself. As I explore in a previous article , titles only matter if you do not see beyond the words. What c

Author: Igor Alcantara I am, as many people in my generation, a big fan of the “Back to the Future” franchise. My favorite part is seeing how a small change in the past can have an outsized impact on the future. There aren’t many big, dramatic moments that shape our lives; most of the time, it’s the little, everyday actions that decide what comes next. Understanding how this idea links to managing and developing people can change everything about the way you lead. This articl