Transparancy label:human-only
Yesterday’s discussion crystallised some ideas that I have been teasing at recently. Namely that we could develop our labs as a place where we:
(a) develop a methodology and its associated tool-kits for the implementation of AI in an enterprise; and
(b) use these in a synthetic environment to help business people gain confidence in moving forward with AI.
Our value to clients would derive from the relevance and usefulness of the methodology and tool-kits.
Methodology: a comprehensive system of principles, processes, and rules that governs a specific discipline to ensure consistency and repeatability. It serves as a structural framework defining what must be done and who is responsible. It is applied through specialized tool-kits consisting of templates, software, and techniques that enable practitioners to apply the theoretical standards to real-world tasks.
To pick up on the point Dennis emphasised, an early part of the methodology might be analysis of how an enterprise actually works (rather than what the non-existent, incomplete or out of date documentation says). The process for this would involve eliciting information from people in the enterprise. A tool-kit would enable AI to be configured for that purpose within the specific context of that enterprise.