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We Built The AI Our Customers Asked For. Here’s What They Didn’t Tell Us

Forbes CommunityVoice contributor Shriram Rajagopal reports that technicians using his company's platform do not want AI to replace their expertise but rather to support their daily work, a finding that challenges assumptions about customer demands for AI capabilities.

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We Built The AI Our Customers Asked For. Here’s What They Didn’t Tell Us
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By Shriram Rajagopal, CommunityVoiceSource:

Forbes InnovationThe technicians who use our platform every day aren’t asking for a smarter computer to do the work for them. They want tools that support their job as experts.

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source & further reading
machinebrief.com — original article A Pragmatic Framework For SMBs Leveraging AI To Move From Activity To True Productivity Salesforce Headless 360 Shows Where Enterprise Software Is Going Next What Is AI-Native Supply Chain Planning?
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