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The Decision Experiment

Same AI. Different people. Different results.

Why does the same AI tech pay off at one company and stall at another? Thousands of human decisions every day determine whether your AI investment delivers.

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3 Elements Needed for Tech to Proliferate

So, why has artificial intelligence been so slow to develop? In order for any technology to broadly proliferate, we need three elements to all be in place.

First, the technology itself has to be capable. The second thing is that the regulatory and legal environment have to be conducive. And then the third one is that society has to be willing.

How LLMs Are Like Toddlers

And I'm going to give you a super simple analogy to help with those that are in your circle so they can begin to really understand the shift that's happening. Let's break it down to something very, very simple.

We have an algorithm, we have a data set, and together they create a model, right? Let's make that akin to human learning. We have a toddler, and we send that toddler out into a really high-quality environment where they get fantastic education and they have lots of positive reinforcement and good experiences, and that's going to create an output of an adult.

If we take that exact same toddler and we send it into a low-quality environment where they have poor education and poor experiences, we know that that's going to create a different kind of adult.

Now, what we have to think about inside that space is not only is it going to create a different adult, but then it's not going to stay there. We have to monitor it. We have to maintain it. We have to make sure it continues to stay within acceptable parameters.

Dr. Lisa's Early Career Lesson

I was attending engineering school at the Colorado School of Mines, and I had my very first internship in Kansas City, and I was flying back, and there was this wonderful gentleman sitting next to me. He had on a ball cap and a polo shirt, and we just had this lovely conversation on our way back, and he starts asking me what I think about the Denver International Airport project.

And I was young and full of opinions and vigor, and I shared with him some of the things that I was concerned about with DIA. The main thing was that it was so far away from the city center, it was really hard to get to.

And so just as we're landing, the gentleman reaches out his hand, and he says, I'm sorry, I don't think I introduced myself. I'm Frederico Pena, Mayor Frederico Pena of Denver, and this was his legacy project.

So my early takeaway in that moment was to know your audience, and really make sure that you understand exactly what you're saying and to whom you're saying it.

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