Episode 165: Let AI Do the Grind, Keep Humans Doing the Thinking - with Emma Humphrey
Gaule's Question TimeShow Notes
AI is rapidly moving from a tool used by individuals towards becoming part of the workforce.
In this episode of Gaule’s Question Time, Andrew Gaule talks with Emma Humphrey, co founder of ABNI, about how organisations can use AI to remove repetitive work while retaining human creativity, judgement and accountability.
They discuss creative AI, productivity, personalised content, environmental considerations, governance, skills development, AI workers and the emergence of embodied AI and robotics.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Emma Humphrey and ABNI
01:10 Why creative teams need AI
02:30 Let AI handle repetitive work
04:30 AI changes volume and personalisation
07:00 Sustainability and responsible AI use
10:30 The extraordinary pace of AI change
11:30 Governance and guardrails
13:00 Andrew Gaule’s Five Ps and AI workers
14:45 Measuring AI performance
16:00 Developing people in an AI organisation
17:45 Redesigning business processes
19:30 Accountability for AI agents
21:00 Embodied AI and robotics
23:30 Reskilling and adapting to change
If you are considering how AI workers could change your organisation, connect with Andrew to discuss AI Strategy and Implementation programmes and AI Sprints.
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