A pattern-matcher. Not a mind.
Strip away the hype and AI is software that learns patterns from data and uses them to predict. That's powerful. It's also the whole trick.
What AI is
The Useful Part
- Software that learns patterns from examples
- A prediction engine: next word, fraud score, likely churn
- Fast at drafting, sorting, summarising, classifying
- Only as good as its data and your instructions
What AI isn't
The Hype Part
- A database of verified facts
- Conscious, curious or on your side
- Accountable for its output: you are
- A substitute for judgement on things that matter
Great assistant. Terrible authority.