eigen oil and gas

Oh how I wish this one were actually true!

Asking data scientists to estimate the cost of a project is like asking a bricklayer to estimate the cost based on his bricks per hour when in reality you’ve got a plot of jungle, a sketch on a napkin and all the bricks are hidden.

Around 15 years ago Autonomy claimed this but it turned out to be a myth. In reality this is a really really hard problem for AI to solve. Here’s why, and then I’ll talk about some of the ways you can at least speed it up.