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Shervin Khodabandeh says MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have researched and published on AI since 2017.
“Together, MIT Sloan Management Review and BCG have been researching and publishing on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies”
Shervin Khodabandeh says companies were already spending heavily on AI before generative AI and doubled down on those investments in 2023 and 2024.
“it is a fact that before generative AI, companies were spending quite a lot on AI. And then 23 and 24 came, and then they doubled down on those investments.”
MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have jointly researched and published on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies.
“Together, MITSMR and BCG have been researching and publishing on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies”
Shervin Khodabandeh says it took about a decade and a half for computer vision to surpass human performance.
“If you look at how long it took computer vision to be better than human, it took decade and a half, I think.”
Shervin Khodabandeh says generative AI went from grade school math to complex mathematical proofs in a matter of months.
“how long post generative AI, it took for generative AI to be able to do the grade school math few months, how long did it take it to do complex mathematical proofs?”
Shervin Khodabandeh says he has worked in AI for more than twenty years.
“I've been doing AI, maybe twenty some years.”
MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have researched and published on AI together since 2017.
“Together, MITSMR and BCG have been researching and publishing on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies”
MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have researched and published on AI together since 2017.
“Together, MITSMR and BCG have been researching and publishing on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners”
The next Me, Myself, and AI episode features Jeff Miller, executive vice president of communications for the National Football League.
“We're back in early February to talk with Jeff Miller, executive vice president of communications for the National Football League, just in time for the Super Bowl.”
MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have researched and published on AI since 2017.
“MITSMR and BCG have been researching and publishing on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies”
MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have jointly researched and published on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies.
“Together, MITSMR and BCG have been researching and publishing on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies”
Shervin Khodabandeh says BCG ran a large controlled study with MIT, Harvard and Wharton in which about a thousand consultants were given ChatGPT to work with.
“BCG did one of the largest controlled studies with MIT, Harvard and Wharton, where we looked at a thousand strong consultants and they were given chatgpt to work with.”
Khodabandeh says that on core consulting tasks such as business strategy and problem solving, the BCG study found generative AI did not perform as well as on creative tasks.
“But on things that consultants are supposed to excel at, like, you know, business strategy, problem solving, like, what is the best strategy for a company in Southeast Asia that's trying to enter a market?”
Khodabandeh refers to prior MIT SMR and BCG research finding that about 10% of companies get significant value from AI while most do not.
“we talked about the AI gap. And like the 10% who are getting significant value versus most who aren't”
Khodabandeh argues companies should segment generative AI use into zones, such as off-limits, low-risk and human-in-the-loop, and tailor training to each.
“let us segment the types of use, let us segment the context, let us identify the various zones that gen AI is going to be leveraged in our company.”
Shervin Khodabandeh says he and Sam Ransbotham are preparing a research report on how AI and organizational learning help companies handle uncertainty.
“Sam and I are, in fact, working with our teams on a research report about how artificial intelligence and organizational learning capabilities prepare companies for uncertainty.”
MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have jointly researched and published on AI since 2017.
“Together, MIT Sloan Management Review and BCG have been researching and publishing on AI since 2017”
Shervin Khodabandeh says leading CIOs increasingly act almost as fiduciaries, deciding which technology moves to make now and which to wait on.
“A role I see a lot of CIOs play is become really almost a fiduciary in sort of figuring out in this soup of technology.”
MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have researched and published on AI together since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies.
“Together, MITSMR and BCG have been researching and publishing on AI since 2017, interviewing hundreds of practitioners and surveying thousands of companies”
Daniele Petecchi says Pirelli is an Italian company that is more than 150 years old.
“Pirelli is an Italian company, is an old company, is more than 150 years old.”
Petecchi says Pirelli leads the prestige and premium tire segment and is the sole tire supplier for Formula One.
“So during the time Pirelli changed, and now we are leader in the prestige and premium segment, the high value, but also we are known also for the unique supplier of the Formula One.”
Shervin Khodabandeh said someone at a World Bank event reminded them that AI has existed since the 1950s.
“at the World Bank event a couple of days ago, somebody reminded us that, well, AI's been around since the 50s.”
Shervin Khodabandeh described a 10-20-70 rule of thumb in which 10 percent of AI value effort is the model, 20 percent the technology backbone, and 70 percent embedding it in the organization.
“10 is about the model and the algorithm, and 20 is about the technology backbone and all the connectivity and everything that's related.”
Shervin Khodabandeh compared hesitation over generative AI to early-2000s organizations that questioned whether they needed a website and later paid for falling behind.
“it sort of reminds me of very early 2000 with the internet phenomenon, and so many established and famous organizations, public and private, basically said, Why do we need a website?”
Shervin Khodabandeh cited a Wall Street article saying chess grandmasters now use AI teams to prepare against opponents.
“chess grandmasters have had to become experts somewhat in AI because everybody's using it.”
Shervin Khodabandeh says the chief data officer role is somewhat precarious, and many CDOs last only a couple of years.
“the CDO role is actually a, you know, somewhat precarious role.”
The next episode features Arti Zegami, head of AI at H&M.
“Join us next time when we talk with Arti Zegami, head of AI at H and M.”