A ambassadeur IA is a person who plays a key role in the promotion, adoption and education of artificial intelligence (AI) within an organisation, community or technology ecosystem.
It acts as a mediator between AI experts and end-users, facilitating the understanding, acceptance and integration of AI in different fields.
🎯 Roles and missions of an IA ambassador
An AI ambassador can be an employee, expert, influencer or AI enthusiast who helps :
- Raising awareness and educating 📚
- Explain the key concepts of AI in an accessible way.
- Organising training courses, webinars and workshops on AI.
- Combating preconceived ideas and fears linked to AI (e.g. automation, job replacement).
- Supporting the adoption of AI 🚀
- Helping companies and teams understand how AI can improve their processes.
- Encouraging the experimentation and deployment of AI solutions in different sectors.
- Facilitating communication between experts and business lines 🔄
- Translating the technical language of AI specialists for decision-makers and business users.
- Acting as a link between the data science, IT and other departments.
- Promoting ethical and responsible AI ⚖️
- Ensuring the responsible use of AI in compliance with ethical and regulatory standards.
- Encouraging the transparency, explicability and inclusiveness of AI models.
- Stimulating innovation and collaboration 🤝
- Promoting exchanges between AI experts, researchers, companies and institutions.
- Taking part in AI events, hackathons and conferences.
👤 Profile of an AI Ambassador
🔹 Technical skills and understanding of AI, even if they are not necessarily technical experts.
🔹 Teaching and communication skills to popularise and pass on its knowledge.
🔹 A spirit of innovation and technology watch to keep abreast of advances in AI.
🔹 Leadership and influence to motivate and engage teams in the adoption of AI.
Examples of AI ambassadors
- For companies A manager or data scientist raises awareness of AI among colleagues and facilitates the integration of AI solutions within the organisation.
- In education A professor or trainer teaches students and professionals the basics of AI.
- In the tech community An influencer, researcher or enthusiast shares knowledge about AI via blogs, videos or conferences.
- Within governments An AI expert helps policy-makers to understand the impact and opportunities of AI so that they can better regulate its use.
