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Published:
August 25, 2020

Enterprise AI For Dummies

Overview

Master the application of artificial intelligence in your enterprise with the book series trusted by millions

In Enterprise AI For Dummies, author Zachary Jarvinen simplifies and explains to readers the complicated world of artificial intelligence for business. Using practical examples, concrete applications, and straightforward prose, the author breaks down the fundamental and advanced topics that form the core of business AI.

Written for executives, managers, employees, consultants, and students with an interest in the business applications of artificial intelligence, Enterprise AI For Dummies demystifies the sometimes confusing topic of artificial intelligence. No longer will you lag behind your colleagues and friends when discussing the benefits of AI and business.

The book includes discussions of AI applications, including:

  • Streamlining business operations
  • Improving decision making
  • Increasing automation
  • Maximizing revenue

The For Dummies series makes topics understandable, and as such, this book is written in an easily understood style that's perfect for anyone who seeks an introduction to a usually unforgiving topic.

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About The Author

Zachary Jarvinen, MBA/MSc is a product & marketing executive and sought-after author and speaker in the Enterprise AI space. Over the course of his career, he's headed up Technology Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and Analytics at OpenText, expanded markets for Epson, worked at the U.S. State Department, and was a member of the 2008 Obama Campaign Digital Team. Presently, Zachary is focused on helping organizations get tangible benefits from AI.

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CHEAT SHEET

Here’s a quick reference to the major bullets and tables from Part 1 of Enterprise AI For Dummies, which is about what artificial intelligence can do for you, right now, in your business. It’s about well-established, tried-and-true technology and processes that are currently being used in businesses and organizations all over the world to help humans become more productive, more accurate, more efficient, and more understanding.

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Innovation never sleeps. New breakthroughs in artificial intellligence (AI) and supporting technologies show up in the headlines every day—if you’re reading the right publications, that is.But first, let’s get the burning question out of the way. Flying cars? No. Or, at least not ones that look like those in Back to the Future.
Business organizations look to professional services firms to offload existing processes such as payroll, claims processing, and other clerical tasks. Consequently, rather than push the innovation curve as early adopters of emerging technology, professional services firms have traditionally followed well-established procedures and used conventional tools.
Chances are good that you’ve sent an email to a customer service department at one point or another. Perhaps your order was late, items were damaged in shipping, or you needed to know how to initiate the return process. You may have found that while some companies are prompt in sending a reply and resolving your issue, you may not hear back from others for days.
Artificial intelligence offers significant benefits for a broad range of markets. The most noticeable is optimizing the workforce by increasing their efficiency and reducing the burden of manual tasks. AI is good at automating things you might feel bad about asking someone else to do, either because it is tedious, such as reading through reams of reports, or dangerous, such as monitoring and managing workflow in a hostile environment.
Here’s a quick reference to the major bullets and tables from Part 1 of Enterprise AI For Dummies, which is about what artificial intelligence can do for you, right now, in your business. It’s about well-established, tried-and-true technology and processes that are currently being used in businesses and organizations all over the world to help humans become more productive, more accurate, more efficient, and more understanding.
All that data being collected in manufacturing from IoT devices at unprecedented volume and velocity is driving the fourth industrial revolution. The first industrial revolution was powered by steam. The second was powered by electricity. The third was powered by silicon, which enabled unprecedented computing power.
In addition to not pursuing profit, government agencies and nonprofit organizations often work with constrained budgets and limited resources, and AI can help with both. Government In 2002, the world generated 5EB (exabytes) of data. That is the equivalent of a 4-quadrillion (18 zeroes) page text document or 5 billion hours of high-definition YouTube videos.
An intelligent recommendation system analyzes the available information to produce a detailed, individualized picture of each customer and make predictions about their preferences and behavior, specifically their buying propensity.Many offers are irrelevant to consumers or may even strike the wrong note. For example, you aren’t putting your best foot forward by recommending a romantic getaway to someone in the middle of a messy divorce, or by listing the benefits of retirement community units to someone under 30.
Recently Gartner analyst Nick Heudecker generated a firestorm of debate when he said a previous Gartner statistic that reported 60 percent of big data projects fail was too conservative and that an 85 percent failure rate is more accurate. Either way, it’s a daunting statistic.One way to avoid becoming a statistic is to approach your AI journey using an industry-proven model — the machine learning development life cycle.
The high-value applications of AI are built upon a hierarchy of competencies. This figure shows the hierarchy of competencies required to use artificial intelligence. Hierarchy of AI competencies. Data collection Data collection is the foundation of the pyramid, the stage where you identify what data you need and what is available.
They say if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, but anyone with high-value assets, whether a fleet of bucket trucks or drilling rigs, knows preventive maintenance is much more effective than performing repairs reactively. Servicing equipment before it fails reduces costly downtime and extends its lifespan, thus stretching your resources as far as possible.
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