I think everyone has to accept that AI is here to stay . I still have this constant query from many other folks around me , ‘ AI is here , our jobs are going to be lost . We ' re gonna lose our livelihoods .’ Yes , absolutely .
You ' re gonna lose your livelihoods because rather than spending the time learning and going on a journey , you ' re spending more time worrying about losing your job and trying to find another place that has the same need for the current job that you ' re doing . That ' s going to only work for that number of years .
risks , then , even if the tool is there , you will not be maximising the implementation until you ' re forced to do so .
Q . HOW DO WE GO ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE PROPERLY TRAINED AND INFORMED TO USE THESE TOOLS EFFECTIVELY ?
» If you want to be informed , you need three simple A ' s : aware , assess and adjust .
If you want to have this change or implement this kind of transformation . Get your hands dirty , go out there , search for it , play with it .
Make adjustments to the way that you ' re working . Because if you ' re going to do the same work the same way and use a different tool , you realise that you ' re not maximising the efforts . The change and adjustment of the process is important .
Q . DO YOU FEEL BOTH AI PROVIDERS AND END USERS NEED TO WORK TOGETHER CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE IT ' S BEING USED TO ITS MAXIMUM EFFECT ?
» I think both parties have to work very closely , there ' s a lot of trust being discussed here , we are trying to establish whether this AI is the right solution for us .
There ' s also this trust factor with whether this company that ’ s introducing us and bringing us along this journey , whether they are the right party .
Whereas , if the provider does not have the mentality of a certain company I know . It had this mindset whereby if you used their system they would make every other module in the system so integrated that you have to buy their system and nothing else .
If the provider of that service is going to continue down that attitude or that kind of approach then it ' s a one sided affair .
But if the provider goes on the approach of , there ’ s this AI , there ’ s this capability , we have the tools , we bring you along the
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