Why Your AI Must Be Humble

Why Your AI Must Be Humble

The past year has truly shown manufacturers that they need to transform, and at a much faster rate than previously. AI provides speed by increasing your rate of learning and augmenting employees. But while we've put to rest the argument as to whether AI will be transformational for business, many manufacturers are still trying to figure out how AI will be most useful, and where to start. "The big lie about AI is that AI alone will save you," Colin Parris, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at GE Digital. "But AI only works when you embed it inside a business process." Every manufacturer needs to increase its velocity of information, says Parris. Currently, manufacturers are experiencing extremely fast changes in consumer demand because trends“”driven by digital, celebrity endorsements, etc.“”now change in the blink of an eye. Add supply chain decoupling, geographic customization at a mass scale, and constant new product creation. And, Parris says, these things are all happening at the same time. His suggestion is "humble AI." Humble AI is an approach that solves several implementation issues at once: It leverages useful historical knowledge, learns new information, and helps employees believe in and trust AI because it