Computers today are smart. Super smart. Butwehumans are still smarter.

We are now at a point withartificialintelligence (AI) andmachinelearning (ML) wherewe can use a new confluence of forces to increase human productivity andingenuity.Allthe while, we must remember why were using these newtools and how they can help us work smarter and faster.

If you saw the movie Aliens, you might remember theiconic imageof Ripley encased in a mechanical exoskeleton, ready to take on the deadly alien queen.AIs impact on human intelligenceis akintoamechanical exoskeleton on the human body.One turbocharges our strength, the other turbocharges our smarts.

Thelatest developments in AI canboosthuman intelligence, so we need to understandhow andwhere to apply the new power weve beendeveloping.

Human ingenuity can be augmented by AI.

Human ingenuity is critical

Human ingenuity will be criticalto howwe apply AI-poweredinsights. After all, we humans developed computer-based deep learning in the first place.

This new augmented intelligencehas tobe purposebuilt and customcrafted for specific workflows and applicationsin the workplacesomething computers wont be ableto pull offwith thefinesse, intuition,or ingenuityof humansanytime soon.

This new augmented intelligencealso needs to be appliedina strategically directed, channelled,and prescriptive way.From an automation augmentation perspective,this meanswere trusting the IT platform to(metaphorically)not only drive the car for us,buttoknow the road ahead, the potential for accident hotspots,and the fastest way to the the freeway.

Thisprescriptive ability to apply intelligence in the right place,at the right time,will help us engineer AI into our lives in the right way.Context and actionability are key; intelligenceisonlyhelpfulwhenused atthe time and place where it can have the most profound effect.

Its not me, its you(and your data)

Organizationsthatrealizeyou cant just plug in AI and hope for the best will be the onesthat make the mostof deep learning. These firms will be able tostress testtheir IT stacksand find out where bottlenecks and breaking points exist.

The other positive-negative side effect of this progressive approach is that it shows the organization whereitsdata isinadequate. Good AI with poor data is bad AI. When you know where you have gaps in your data estate, where corruptions exist and where data deduplication needs to happen, then yourdata provenancecan be more diligently managed.

Measuring our progress

Theres little point in pushing upwards to the higher tiers of AI-empoweredintellect if we dont track our progress.

Performanceanalyticsare nowasub-sector of the IT industry itself.This is where integrated data intelligence can allow a business to exchange insight between various applications and its wider IT stack. From this point,organizationscan use predefined key performance indicators (KPIs) tuned to theirindustryverticaltomeasure progress and more clearly identify their next target areas for AI-enrichment.

Thisis massively complex algorithmic logic that calculates metrics based upon historical, live transactional,and future predictive data stores.In simple,real-worldterms, thistranslates intobeing able to use a responsive and interactive dashboard that presents data in a tangible form with next-level drilldowns formore specific businessareas.

A higher state

In many ways, what weve been talking abouthere is the human opportunityto get to a higher state of beingif not spiritually or emotionally, then at least in terms of professional workplace productivity, effectiveness,and ingenuity. Having said that,the resultcould be more uplifting than we everintended.

As an industry,we have built these tools tobecome more effectiveinbusiness andtoprovide betterexperiencesforouremployees and customers.As we strip out unnecessary,repetitivework and focus on more creative, less stressful and more fulfilling roles, its not unreasonable to suggest that our personal wellbeingand mindfulnesswill also benefit.

We started AI to evolve the business journey, but at its core, this a human mission. Thank you, machines.

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