ALWAYS IMPERFECT – Episode 3 – A BETTER WAY

Used well, artificial intelligence can automate labor-intensive and rote processes, freeing people for the work they want to do. That’s the theory, anyway – but what about the practice? SUPAHUMAN founder and CEO Dave Howden shares his experiences helping businesses adopt AI within their workflows – and admits, in order for that to work, he needs to be the ‘dumbest person in the room’. Humility and artificial intelligence – is that the foundation of ‘a better way’?

Full disclosure: my consultancy, Wisely AI, has a partnership with SUPAHUMAN.

ALWAYS IMPERFECT – Episode 1 – NO MAGIC WANDS

Artificial intelligence may be amazing but it’s always imperfect. Anyone trying to use AI professionally lands on the horns of a dilemma: will a productivity increase gained through automation represent any savings, after factoring in the extra supervision needed to use these amazing (but unreliable) new tools? In our first episode we chat with Drew Smith, co-founder of Wisely AI, a firm dedicated to helping businesses use AI safely and wisely. (I was the other co-founder!) What did we learn from clients trying to put AI to work – but only rarely finding the tools on offer fit for purpose?

Read the MIT report mentioned by Mark here.

Read The Register article mentioned by Drew here.