Spencer Bentley, AI Technical Fellow at Iridius, joins the show today to provide Phillip and Alistair with an AI reality check of their very own! The three of them discuss emerging AI trends and the complexities of AI integration, highlighting the importance of vigilance, context, and responsible use. Other crucial points include the growing significance of AI agents, the need for a clear, narrow project focus, and the integration of safe and ethical AI practices. The episode concludes with a discussion of future trends and practical strategies for successfully implementing AI in business operations. This episode is packed with industry-wide information that you can’t afford to miss in the age of AI!

Takeaways:

• Maintain Vigilance: Always closely supervise AI outputs and avoid blindly accepting responses. Constantly check and validate the AI's work as you would with any new employee.
• Adopt AI Properly: Ensure that your company integrates AI in suitable areas. Evaluate if AI is genuinely necessary for a project. Start with a specific use case and build upon it gradually to achieve better results.
• Learn and Adapt: Embrace AI technologies and learn how to utilize them effectively in your job. This will increase your value to the employer and ensure your role evolves rather than becoming obsolete.
• Utilize Context Effectively: Use context to guide AI and reduce errors or hallucinations. AI should get smarter with more context, requiring less specific instruction as it understands the environment and previous interactions.
• Experiment Systematically: When experimenting with AI, narrow the focus and decompose the project into manageable parts. Start with small, achievable goals and expand upon them once they are successfully implemented.
• Understand Agentic Systems: Accept that AI agents will increasingly act in the real world and learn how to define and utilize them effectively within your organization. Make sure these systems adhere to your company's rules and standards.

Quote of the Show:

• “Laser focus down, get that bit right, then build on top of that. If you try and create ten things at once, you’ll fail all of them.” - Spencer Bentley

Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-swan/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistaln/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-bentley-ai/
• Website: https://iridius.ai/

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Welcome to The Agentic Insider! Our first episode provides valuable insights from two of Iridius’ Co-Founders: Phillip Swan and Alistair Lowe-Norris. Together, they discuss the opportunity of AI today. They address the significant gaps in the AI industry regarding safety, responsibility, and trustworthiness. They discuss the challenges of implementing AI systems, including the importance of selecting the right use cases, ensuring data quality, and leveraging autonomous intelligent agents. Emphasizing the need for ethical, safe, and compliant AI, the duo shares insights on how organizations can innovate confidently while adhering to privacy and data protection standards. They also hint at future episodes featuring industry experts and real-world AI applications - something you won’t want to miss!

Takeaways:

• Understand the AI Gap: Recognize the gap in how AI systems are implemented and whether they are safe and responsible. Companies need to ensure their AI systems are transparent, unbiased, and using data responsibly.
• Choosing the Right Use Case: Identify the correct business outcomes that align with AI capabilities. Ensure that AI is truly suited for the intended use case and that the ROI is tangible.
• Managing Data Quality: Ensure data is clean and structured properly before deploying AI systems. Poor data quality can significantly hinder the effectiveness of AI solutions.
• Importance of Governance: Emphasize the need for corporate culture alignment in AI implementations to avoid "rogue" AI behavior. Agents must be programmed to understand and adhere to the organization's code of conduct.
• Security and Compliance by Design: Implement AI with built-in compliance and security measures. This includes adherence to global standards like ISO, GDPR, and other privacy and security regulations.
• Ethics in AI: Develop AI that is fair, accountable, transparent, and interpretable. Companies should actively disclose how AI decisions are made and ensure ethical principles are embedded in AI systems.

Quote of the Show:

• “AI is built on data. If you've got garbage going in, you get garbage coming out.” - Alistair Lowe-Norris

Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-swan/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistaln/
• Website: https://iridius.ai/

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• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iridiusAI

Welcome to The Agentic Insider. Join host, Phillip Swan, each week to explore cutting-edge ideas and trends in AI and Data as well as hear from other industry thought leaders in the AI space. This podcast is brought to you by Iridius.AI —committed to Safe and Responsible AI innovation.