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The Investigation Economy: AI Is Making Software Cheaper To Build And Harder To Explain

Sanjay Gidwani, a Forbes Councils member, argues that as AI makes software cheaper to build, the critical challenge shifts to explaining and investigating the resulting systems, making instrumentation more important than strategy for technology leaders.

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The Investigation Economy: AI Is Making Software Cheaper To Build And Harder To Explain
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By Sanjay Gidwani, Forbes Councils MemberSource:

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)
If you run technology for a company that's about to ship a great deal more software than it used to, the instrumentation matters more than the strategy.

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