Here’s is our 2024 edition of 50 Top Global Digital Influencers to Follow on X (formelly Twitter) & LinkedIn in 2024 [selection from our home made algorithm, but no ranking this year! For sure better like this :)]. This list is of course non exhaustive.
(This list is covering major Topics around the global economic & technical Digital Transformation, such as: Large Language Models (LLMs), Climate Action, Digital Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Deep Learning, AI Ethics - Responsible AI, IoT (Internet of Things), IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), Autonomous Vehicles, Digital & Health Tech, Cloud & Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Robots/Bots/Chatbots/NLP, Future of Work, Data Science, Fintech, Insurtech, DevOps, Edtech, Cyber Security, VR & AR, Sustainablity, Environment, Climate Change, Blockchain, Metaverse, Quantum Computing, Web3, Crypto, Science, Coding, Python, …)
(“Giant” companies are not in this list because they obviuosly don’t “play the same game” ;=)
Hope you’ll enjoy this list:) The important thing here is COLLABORATION: the ideas, knowledge, and insights shared by the experts, KOLs & tech influencers to make our new digital era more understandable to everyone and, above all, to work towards a better world.
- Eric Topol X (Twitter): @EricTopol | LinkedIn | Health Tech – Digital Transformation
- John Nosta X (Twitter): @johnnosta | LinkedIn | Health Tech
- Evan Kirstel X (Twitter): @evankirstel | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation - Health Tech
- Brian Ahier X (Twitter): @ahier | LinkedIn | Health Tech – Science
- Timnit Gebru X (Twitter): @timnitGebru | LinkedIn | AI Ethics
- François Chollet X (Twitter): @fchollet | LinkedIn | AI – Machine Learning
- Fei-Fei Li X (Twitter): @drfeifei | LinkedIn | AI – Machine Learning
- Andrew Ng X (Twitter): @AndrewYNg | LinkedIn | AI – Machine Learning
- Yann LeCun X (Twitter): @ylecun | LinkedIn | AI – Machine Learning
- Geoffrey Hinton X (Twitter): @geoffreyhinton | LinkedIn | AI – Machine Learning
- Imtiaz Adam X (Twitter): @DeepLearn007 | LinkedIn | AI – Machine Learning
- Lex Fridman X (Twitter): @lexfridman | LinkedIn | Tech – AI – Machine Learning
- Kirk Borne X (Twitter): @KirkDBorne | LinkedIn | AI – Data Science – Big Data
- KdNuggets X (Twitter)r: @kdnuggets | LinkedIn | AI – Data Science – Big Data
- Bill Schmarzo X (Twitter) @schmarzo | LinkedIn | Data Science – Big Data – AI
- Carla Gentry X (Twitter): @data_nerd | LinkedIn | Data Science – Big Data – AI
- Bob Hayes X (Twitter) @bobehayes | LinkedIn | Data Science – Machine Learning
- Sally Eaves X (Twitter): @sallyeaves | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Marc Benioff X (Twitter): @Benioff | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Jean-Baptiste Lefevre X (Twitter): @jblefevre60 | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Vala Afshar X (Twitter): @ValaAfsha | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Antonio Grasso X (Twitter): @antgrasso | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Spiros Margaris X (Twitter): @SpirosMargaris | LinkedIn | Fintech – AI
- Theodora (Theo) Lau X (Twitter): @psb_dc | LinkedIn | Fintech – Responsible AI
- Brett King X (Twitter)@BrettKing | LinkedIn | Fintech
- Mia Shah-Dand X (Twitter): @MiaD | LinkedIn | AI Ethics - Diversity Inclusion
- Jim Marous X (Twitter): @JimMarous | LinkedIn | Fintech – Digital Transformation
- Pinna Pierre X (Twitter): @pierrepinna | LinkedIn | AI Ethics – Digital Transformation
- Irma Rastegayeva X (Twitter): @irmaraste | LinkedIn | Health Tech
- Data Science Central X (Twitter): @analyticbridge | LinkedIn | AI – Data Science
- Linda Grasso X (Twitter): @LindaGrass0 | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Roxana Nasoi X (Twitter) @roxananasoi | LinkedIn | Cybersecurity Privacy
- Danielle Guzman X (Twitter): @guzmand | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation - Future of Work
- Antonio Vieira Santos X (Twitter): @akwyz | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation Tech Sustainablity
- ipfconline X (Twitter): @ipfconline1 | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation – AI
- Nicolas Babin X (Twitter)@Nicochan33 | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation – AI
- Mario Pawlowski X (Twitter): @PawlowskiMario | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Ronald van Loon X (Twitter) @Ronald_vanLoon | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Tamara McCleary X (Twitter) @TamaraMcCleary | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation Ethics
- Helene Li X (Twitter): @helene_wpli | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Marsha Collier X (Twitter) @MarshaCollier | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation Marketing
- Xavier Gomez X (Twitter) @Xbond49 | LinkedIn | Fintech – Insurtech – AI
- Robin Kiera X (Twitter): @stratorob | LinkedIn | Fintech – Insurtech
- Shira Rubinoff X (Twitter) @Shirastweet | LinkedIn | Cyber Security
- Harold Sinnott X (Twitter) @HaroldSinnott | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Efi Pylarinou X (Twitter): @efipm | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation - Fintech
- Stephen Harwood X (Twitter) @drsharwood
| LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Khulood Almani X (Twitter) @Khulood_Almani
| LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Cristina Vanberghen X (Twitter) @VanberghenEU | LinkedIn | Digital Transformation
- Data Science Dojo X (Twitter): @DataScienceDojo
| LinkedIn | AI – Data Science
And finally a special crush for Karin Lakhoune & Hessie Jones, we all need a special crush :)
Trends
Current (and near-term) strong trends in Tech we have observed:
–The Metaverse was leading last year, and with no doubt in 2024 Large Language Models (LLMs "ChatGPT-like") Transformers-based take center stage!
but also:
– Towards a responsible future : AI Ethics, Responsible AI , Climate Emergency, Equity / Diversity / Inclusion
– Cyber Security
– Health Tech / Digital Health
and Quantum Computing
Methodology
We analyzed on stochastic samples the keywords mentioned at the beginning of the article (the fields of digital transformation) on Internet and Twitter between January 2023 and the end of November 2023. This analysis was done using a home made NLP algorithm written by our team, mainly in Prolog (yes, there are still people who use Prolog ;)). The main structure of the algorithm is a decision tree and so the AI here is “symbolic” because Prolog is a programming language based on mathematical logic. Thus it allows very simple queries to be made in natural “human” language. This choice was made to obtain a high interpretability of the results obtained by the analysis. Here there are also humans in the loop (our team obviously in this case) to establish weights on the decision trees. Biases, as with any algorithm, are certainly present here but we tried to reduce them to a minimum. Concerning X (Twitter) & LinkedIn, we took into account the potential reach and the engagement.
