--- title: An Interview with AXA Head of R&D and Chief Data Scientist, Marcin Detyniecki description: "Meet #WSAI speaker Marcin Detyniecki, Head of R&D and Chief Data Scientist @AXA. He leads innovation projects with a strong focus on adv. analytics and drives research on #HumanizingAI for tech adoption, solving challenges at the frontier between Machine Learning and humans!" --- [World Summit AI | Blog ](https://blog.worldsummit.ai) # [An Interview with AXA Head of R&D and Chief Data Scientist, Marcin Detyniecki](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/qa-with-wsai-speaker-marcin-detyniecki-head-of-rd-and-chief-data-scientist-at-axa) Written by [World Summit AI](https://blog.worldsummit.ai/author/world-summit-ai) | Jun 12, 2020 9:03:46 AM We spoke to Marcin Detyniecki, Head of R&D and Chief Data Scientist at AXA ahead of his presentation at [**Inspired AI**](https://inspired-minds.co.uk/inspired-ai/) (17th September 2020).  Marcin leads innovation projects with a strong focus on adv. analytics and drives research on #HumanizingAI for tech adoption, solving challenges at the frontier between Machine Learning and humans! **Hi Marcin! So tell us, if you could solve any global problem in the world with AI, what would it be?** We all know that AI can learn and reproduce unwanted discrimination. But I believe that, in the future, AI can be a tool to make our world a fairer one.  **Presuming that was solved, what would your second choice be?** AI is a great opportunity for the world. But its adoption is limited because of some fundamental characteristics of AI, such as the Blackbox effect. I believe AI itself will solve these.** ** **What do you see as the 3 most important things for businesses in relation to AI at the moment?** Robustness, Explicability, Safety.  **What do you see as the 3 most important things for humanity in relation to AI at the moment?** Fairness (nondiscrimination), Environmental Impact, Inclusion. **How do you think AI will make its biggest mark in business/on humanity/the world in the next 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?** In the future AI will be seen as something completely normal, and this will be its biggest mark. **What’s the “coolest”/ most “wow-factor" thing you’ve seen so far in with the use of AI in the sector you work in?** In Insurance AI, beyond reducing processing times for customers, it can evaluate and price risk in a fairer way. **What’s your biggest fear in relation to the application of AI?** My biggest fear in relation to AI, is that before we can do great things, another AI winter could come.  **How do you think AI will cause human contact to change in the future?** With an autonomous and ubiquitous AI, human contact will be prized   **Which 2 people do you admire most in the world of AI in terms of their work?** Herbert A. Simon and Alain Turing  **Why did you choose to present at Inspired AI this year?** *WSAI is the leading and largest AI summit addressing operational trustworthy AI in a global setting.* **What are your personal goals from the event?** I would like to share my knowledge and vision on the most burning topics on AI, and be challenged by brightest brains in AI.  **What are you most excited about at Inspired AI** I’m most excited about meeting a diverse set of people and perspectives from global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, BigTech, Startups, Investors and Science.   **Thanks for your time Marcin. We can't wait to welcome you to the Inspired AI stage! ** Join Marcin and the global AI community for Inspired AI (Sept – Nov 2020) to tackle head-on the most burning AI issues and set the global AI agenda. 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