The secret to making AI effective for your unique business challenges

As much as AI technology is part of the larger tech story, fear has also been part of that conversation. Part of it is the common, ever-present fear of the unknown. We don’t know exactly what the long-term impact of this technology will be, and most people don’t understand what it enables. But in contrast to these existing fears, AI was never intended to be something to fear or a replacement for human work, but rather to replace humans in every aspect of their lives, from work to home to everywhere. It was created as a tool aimed at enhancing the while.

AI is already all around us

AI was developed to serve industries (and individuals) to maximize outcomes, reallocate existing resources, and ultimately improve overall efficiency. As companies move to deploying AI models, workflows are streamlined and more can be done when resources are scarce. Moreover, AI is more important than ever as the shortage of skilled technical workers remains a relevant issue. The important thing to know is that significant advances in AI capabilities are enabling technical experts to “train” AI to solve enterprise-specific business challenges and perform better.

In fact, AI is already all around us. One of the biggest tech stories of the past year has been about AI, or self-driving cars. AI is also making its mark in healthcare, finance, retail, and, of course, social media. Here are just a few simple, straightforward examples of how people are already using AI on a daily basis, including customer service chatbots, my friend Siri and his Alexa, and delivery logistics.

AI models are also readily available from multiple sources. The key is finding the one that works and best fits your business needs. Once you’ve identified the best model for your company, train it to specifically enhance your business. So how can the business world leverage AI technology to streamline workflows and enhance outcomes?

AI for business: a well-nurtured tool

One very applicable example is forensic video analysis. Video data is one of the largest categories of data growing globally, so whether it’s used for security, loss prevention, or other business needs, examine your video footage to see what’s important. It takes countless hours to document. However, AI is only a fraction of the time it takes to process video data. It is not used as a replacement for humans, but as a tool that we can use to avoid wasting precious time on simple tasks.

AI was not developed by chance, but was developed as a critical technology that is essential to human progress. AI, like other tools meant to push us to the next level, is intentionally and carefully crafted, but the tools we take for granted were first invented. It was terrifying when it happened. Let’s take fire as an example. This is perhaps the most important tool mankind has created. Fire is a terrible thing to leave alone. However, much like fire, AI does not operate without human oversight, but is carefully nurtured to augment and improve human work capabilities.

AI requires training, which opens up endless possibilities as a tool. Training AI may seem like a vaguely difficult task, but it’s pretty easy. To train an AI, you teach it how to interpret data and what you want it to learn from that data. This does not happen immediately, but rather follows all learning patterns, which may be initially unsuccessful or imperfect, but strengthens over time with more learning and data.

In the video forensics example, there is a difference between simply culling footage with AI and using AI. Intentionally Sort footage with a goal in mind, such as asking to find all blue cars in a parking lot video footage. To train an AI for this particular task, you tell it what kind of data it’s interpreting and what you want it to do with that data. In this case, it might just ask that it record every time a blue car appears, but in the future, when it sees a blue car, it will instantly notify you, sound an alarm, or otherwise communicate You can

Beyond Fear of the Unknown

Fear of AI is largely due to misrepresentation and misunderstanding, which is not uncommon when it comes to new technologies. But AI has been around for years, whether we see it or not, meaning we already use and trust it. As technology permeates every industry, it becomes more important to find the right AI models for your business to augment your human staff and train them to perform tasks that improve your products and services. .

Plamen Minev is Quantum’s Technical Director of AI and Cloud..