Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, PHD, is the President of KDnuggets, a leading site for Analytics, Big Data, Data Science, and Machine Learning. Gregory is a co-founder of KDD (Knowledge Discovery and Data mining conferences), and a top research conference in the field... He is also a co-founder and past chair of ACM SIGKDD, a professional association for Data Mining and Data Science, and a well-known Data Scientist. Interviewer: Rajib Bahar, Shabnam KhanAgenda:RB - According to Forbes, you're one of the top Big Data Influencers...Your KDNuggets site has well over 60 awards and mentions as a leading publication. I often find myself reading and tweeting your articles from KDNuggets. There are few places to find exciting articles on Data Science, AI, BigData... Please tell us a brief history of KDNuggets... SB - I understand you have transitioned from researcher role to a high level editor role. What do you enjoy about it? RB - What are your thoughts on Global trend on Machine Learning, AI, & Big Data?SB - Where does automation of Data Science come into play? Is that a helpful process or distraction from useful analysis? How do you implement it?RB - We all have bias. Does Big Data suffer from any bias such as implicit bias?SB - Who are these so called Citizen Data Scientists? Why are they important? How can they serve society at large? RB - How do we connect with you on twitter & social media?Additional Reference Materials from Gregory for our listeners.Data Science Automation:Data Scientists Automated and Unemployed by 2025?http://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/05/data-scientists-automated-2025.htmlThe Current State of Automated Machine Learninghttp://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/01/current-state-automated-machine-learning.htmlTrends:Machine Learning overtaking Big Datahttp://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/05/machine-learning-overtaking-big-data.htmlOptimism about AI improving society is high, but drops with experience developing AI systemshttp://www.kdnuggets.com/2017/07/optimism-ai-impact-experience.htmlBias in Big Datahttp://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/even-artificial-intelligence-can-acquire-biases-against-race-and-genderhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/apr/13/ai-programs-exhibit-racist-and-sexist-biases-research-revealshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/mariyayao/2017/05/01/dangers-algorithmic-bias-homogenous-thinking-ai/#42d724d270b3Mirage of a Citizen Data Scientist:http://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/03/mirage-citizen-data-scientist.htmlCitizen Data Scientist Cartoon: http://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/03/cartoon-citizen-data-scientist.htmlOverfitting The Cardinal Sin of Data Mining and Data Science: Overfittinghttp://www.kdnuggets.com/2014/06/cardinal-sin-data-mining-data-science.htmlMusic: www.freesfx.co.uk