Taking stock of the AI craze for corporate innovators (Part 3): #OutsideIn innovation can solve for pain points with significantly more creativity. It has been 18 months since we all opened ChatGPT for the first time. Most corporate #innovators have moved AI projects through POC and MVP stages and are looking for scale and value. Time to take stock how this current wave of innovation is working for us. My third observation: Outside-in innovation can execute with significantly more creativity. Automating existing processes, even potentially end-to-end, does not fully capture the full value of AI. I can see many corporate innovators struggling to re-imagine their operations #AIFirst. As an example, I scraped the story below from my LinkedIn feed regarding automating the shipping return process for shoes. I want to give Google some credit here and say they probably took this example because it is easy to explain and understand and not because it’s the best application of their technology. But I do see that corporate AI programs risk being outflanked by more entrepreneurial setups. Happy to hear your thoughts and experiences regarding this in the comments below or by private DM. Note: The example of Footprint Technologies has not been vetted by me.
Thought-provoking, had similar reflections. In architecture, many practices exploring LLMs’ role in generating traditional text documents (design & access statements, reports, bids, tender docs, etc etc). Then recipients of these (often statutory) documents might in turn use LLMs to summarise or check these. Result is: arch prompts/turns 10 brief bullet point thoughts into a 2000-word statement, and authority summarises that 2000-word statement into ten bullet points so they can get through applications quicker! So question is - in an age of LLMs, what is the function and meaning of text/writing in this context? Text documents traditionally signify: care, attention to detail, and above all investment of time and priority by a person or team. It’s a *proxy* for wanting to win, being capable of delivering, being skilled and experienced. But if “good-enough” text can be spat out of a generic prompt, and isn’t read very closely, where do those signifiers get found? The traditional paradigm no longer functions as expected, and AI being used as a tool to do traditional jobs results in bad things for everyone. To your question, is there therefore a completely new version of using AI-centred processes to analyse capabilities, for example?
Your observation about the need for creativity in AI solutions hits the nail on the head. It's crucial to think beyond mere automation and explore new avenues for value creation.
Agree. AI use would better serve humanity on the proactive side of the shoe fitting process than the reactive "fix the poor fitting" side.
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Thanks for featuring my post here. It is essential to utilize #AIforBetter instead of simply automatizing tasks that are unnecessary. Let’s stay aware!
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