Practical AI


Anything You Can Do AI Can Do Better (?)

Our columnist observes that AI will almost certainly become more intelligent, more competent, and superior to us in so many ways that we may not stand a chance of surviving. But we might stand a chance if we get our heads around the real capabilities of this technology.

AI Changes Our Relationship with Applications

The fastest and easiest path to obtaining truly practical, pragmatic, productive, and profitable AI applications is to have someone who is already expert at producing them to create them for you.

Welcome to the Agentic World

Practical application of AI: That’s the need that inspired this column, and addressing that need was central to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's keynote at this year’s Microsoft Ignite conference in Chicago. "What lean did for manufacturing," he declared, "AI will do for knowledge work."

'Practical' is in the AI of the Beholder

Welcome to the inaugural post of our new "Practical AI" column, written by technologist, creator of compelling content, and senior "resultant" Howard M. Cohen. Howard has spent more than 40 years in the IT industry. During that time, he has held senior executive positions in many of the top channel partner organizations, and he currently writes for and about IT and the IT channel. As the title of his new column suggests, he will be holding forth on his latest obsession: the practical application of artificial intelligence technologies.

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