1 About Data Science Agent

Data Science Agent is an intelligent built-in conversational chatbot integrated with Oracle Machine Learning UI included in your Oracle Autonomous AI Database subscription. You must provide the LLM, whether from a third-party AI provider, OCI GenAI Service, or one you privately host. You can run many common data science workflows, including discovery, exploration, preparation, model training, evaluation, and supported scoring workflows, using natural language.

Note:

Data Science Agent is fully supported on Autonomous AI Database 19c. Note that XGBoost is not available in this 19c.
As a human-in-the-loop chatbot, Data Science Agent requires your intervention and approval in the following areas:
  • Object association: Associating database objects with a conversation improves precision and efficiency. Objects must be associated or approved before the agent creates views that use them; other supported operations may still use accessible objects based on the user's database privileges. See Add Objects to Data Science Agent Conversation.
  • Conversation management: The scope of Data Science Agent is limited to the active conversation context only. You must create, manage, and delete your conversations. See Manage Data Science Conversations.
  • Profile selection: You must select an AI profile, and therefore, the LLM that powers the agent. You can also switch profiles mid-conversation. See Manage AI Profile and Service Level of Data Science Conversation.
  • Approval for object viewing: During a conversation, Data Science Agent compares the requested objects with those already associated with the active conversation. If a required table or view is not in the approved set, the agent pauses and asks for your approval to add it. If you approve, the object is associated with the conversation and the agent continues. If you do not approve, the request is canceled and no view is created.