The AI Preamble!
We assess our current situation and make predictions about the future. Observing dark clouds, we expect rainfall and conclude that taking an umbrella before leaving the house would be reasonable.
Evaluating a situation and taking decisions are the fundamental skills of human’s cognitive and decision-making process, these skills play a critical role in how we navigate our lives. Artificial Intelligence can do the predictions part with much more accuracy and speed than humans, and when I came across Sundar Pichai’s statement that “AI is the most profound technology humanity is working on” made me think of my place as a human in the age of AI.
This piece serves as the first article in a series of articles I intend to write in the upcoming weeks. Here, I’ll dive into, when will AI bring about significant disruption?
Will AI genuinely revolutionize the world? Certainly, but it’s likely in the more distant future. The current abilities of Generative AI provide singular solutions that might replace writers, enhance proofreading in our documents, write code snippets, or analyze data. These capabilities don’t change, improve or revolutionize our processes. It substitutes one element for another, resulting in some productivity gain.
Historical impact of electricity on the modern world and its disruption was not immediate. The initial phase of electric light bulbs and the transition from steam-powered machinery to electric motors in factories were just solution where we were substituting one thing for another to save cost. It wasn’t until three decades later, when factories underwent significant redesign and introduced efficient production lines, that the profound disruption of electricity became clear.
I’m planning to author an article on the influence of AI on human productivity. Consider following me to receive a notification when it’s published. However, one thing is clear: unless we restructure our procedures and integrate AI into the very core of our business models, we won’t fully realize the transformative power of AI or witness the potential disruption of AI.
How will these modern enterprises, once they’ve been reimagined and restructured, look like? I don’t know yet, ChatGPT certainly stirred the conversation about AI’s potential. AI/ML First startups aim to use AI as a core advantage. These startups are exploring how to infuse intelligence into their management and production models to secure competitive edges.
Certain entrepreneur form these AI First startups will introduce innovations like what Henry Ford achieved with the car production line — a development that was enabled by electricity. When we will witness the emergence of such a fundamental AI-driven production lines, it will be the dawn of the AI disruption era.
