Machine learning excels at finding needles in haystacks, even unexpected ones, and this helps organizations to assess risks. In this first episode of season 3, Utilizing AI hosts Stephen Foskett and Chris Grundemann discuss risk analysis with Mike O'Malley of SenecaGlobal. ML is extremely good at detecting outliers and adapting to changing patterns, and this can yield excellent results in applications like financial pattern recognition. But AI lacks real understanding, and this can limit the use cases for ML. Three Questions Are there any jobs that will be completely eliminated by AI in the next five years? What’s the strangest or most amusing application for ML that you have encountered? Can you think of any fields that have not yet been touched by AI? Guests and Hosts Mike O'Malley, SVP at SenecaGlobal. Connect with Mike on LinkedIn.  Chris Grundemann, Gigaom Analyst and Managing Director at Grundemann Technology Solutions. Connect with Chris on ChrisGrundemann.com on Twitter at @ChrisGrundemann. Stephen Foskett, Publisher of Gestalt IT and Organizer of Tech Field Day. Find Stephen’s writing at GestaltIT.com and on Twitter at @SFoskett.       Date: 9/14/2021 Tags: @senecaglobal, @SFoskett, @ChrisGrundemann