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Your AI Survival Guide [electronic resource] : Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned from Real-World AI Deployments / Sol Rashidi.

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Practical and proven AI deployment strategies for non-technical business leaders In Your AI Survival Guide: Scraped Knees, Bruised Elbows, and Lessons Learned from Real-World AI Deployments, business executive and technologist Sol Rashidi delivers an insightful and practical discussion of how to deploy artificial intelligence in your company. Having helped IBM launch Watson in 2011, Sol has first-hand knowledge of the ups, downs, and change management intricacies that can help you with a successful deployment beyond all the AI hype. She walks you through various frameworks for how to establish your AI strategy, pick your use cases, prepare your non-technology teams, and overcome the most common obstacles standing in the way of successfully implementing AI in your business, based on her many years of deploying AI projects in businesses, which few can claim. Sol demystifies the topic of artificial intelligence in a way that business leaders and business owners--and those who want to be more business minded--can easily understand. The book also offers: Real-world use cases from ten different industries, including retail, healthcare, energy, insurance, agriculture, and more; ten different functions, including supply chain, manufacturing, procurement, legal, and more; and personal stories, anecdotes, and insights gained from implementations Techniques for facilitating executive-level buy-in for your most ambitious and promising AI strategies Jargon-free and accessible language that simplifies a seemingly complicated topic And practical advice that's not based on AI hype Perfect for executives, managers, directors, founders, entrepreneurs, practitioners and other non-technical business leaders, Your AI Survival Guide is the ideal guide to help you deploy artificial intelligence in your business and increase your chances of success whether your business goal is top-line growth, increased productivity, or efficiency gains without having to add headcount as the go-to answer.

Record details

ISBN: 9781394272655
ISBN: 1394272650
Physical Description: 1 online resource (227 p.)
Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024]

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Description based upon print version of record.

Analytics and Data Science

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Overcoming the Inertia -- Inertia -- Who Is This Book For? -- Organizational Benefits -- Business Benefits -- Business Growth -- Chapter 2 The Rogue Executive -- Why the "Rogue Executive"? -- My Formative Years -- Sports -- Leveling Up -- Coach Doug -- My Transition to Artificial Intelligence -- Joining the C-Suite Ranks -- Where Rubber Meets the Road -- Chapter 3 Bend the Rules, Don't Break the Spirit -- The Framework -- Ask "Why?" -- Develop Your AI Strategy

Think Big, Start Small, Scale Quickly -- Choose Your Technology Partner -- Pace Yourself -- The Five Pillars -- Chapter 4 How to Start -- The Experience You Need -- Framework for AI Initiatives -- Phase 1: Conducting a Readiness Assessment -- Readiness Questionnaire -- Questionnaire Results -- Phase 2: Your AI Strategy -- Demonstration of How It Works -- Phase 3: Creating and Selecting Use Cases -- Use-Case Ideation -- Use-Case Selection -- How to Score Criticality and Complexity -- Real-World and Practical Walk-Through -- Phase 4: Preparing and Designing -- The Vision -- The Impacts

The Approach -- The Process -- The Support -- Phase 5: Selecting a Solution -- Tool Selection -- Interoperability with Your Experts -- Phase 6: Deploying and Going Live -- Key Outcomes -- Chapter 5 Your Project Killers: The Wrong People -- Change Ain't Easy -- Team Virtues -- The 10 AI Archetypes -- The Naysayer -- The Evangelist -- The Doer -- The Discerner -- The Blind -- The Curmudgeon -- The Saint -- The Optimist -- The Data Scientist -- The Know-It-All -- Change Management -- The Dumpster Fire -- Chapter 6 Human in the Loop -- What is "Human in the Loop" -- Responsible AI

The Four (4) Layers of Responsibility -- The Six (6) Tenets of Responsible AI -- Transparency -- Accountability -- Fairness -- Privacy -- Inclusiveness -- Diversity and Nondiscrimination -- Human in the Loop -- My Nightmare -- Chapter 7 How AI Will Impact Every Industry and Function -- The Tipping Point for AI -- How AI Is Impacting Various Businesses -- Blue Chips -- Well-Off Private Companies -- Small Business Operations -- Start-Ups and Scale-Ups -- Small Businesses -- How AI Is Impacting Industries -- Agriculture -- Travel and Leisure -- Manufacturing -- Retail -- Media and Entertainment

Healthcare -- Consumer Electronics -- Fashion and Apparel -- Education -- Food and Beverage -- Environment Health and Safety -- Conclusion -- How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Functions -- Legal -- Procurement -- Project Management Office -- Human Resources -- Customer Service -- Sales -- Training and Development -- Finance -- Research and Development -- Marketing -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 AI Jargon and Development -- What Is AI? -- What Is Not AI? -- The Difference Between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence -- Jargon, Terms, and Definitions -- Computer Science -- Data