Author Archives: decisionmanagementcommunity

When Not to Use Generative AI

Posted on May 8, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Gartner: “Generative AI is only one piece of the much broader AI landscape, and most business problems require a combination of different AI techniques. Ignore this fact, and you risk overestimating the impacts of GenAI and implementing the technology for … Continue reading →

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IDC’s “Decision Intelligence Framework”

Posted on April 25, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

According to research firm IDC, “Decision intelligence is the missing piece of an organization’s technology stack, giving users the insights they need to make the best decisions with the best possible outcomes. This technology will change how information is synthesized, … Continue reading →

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Going bigger will not work indefinitely

Posted on April 24, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, says further progress will not come from making LLMs bigger. “I think we’re at the end of the era where it’s going to be these, like, giant, giant models,” he told an audience at an event … Continue reading →

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Looking for AI use-cases

Posted on April 24, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Ben Evans: “We’ve had ChatGPT for 18 months, but what’s it for? What are the use-cases? Why isn’t it useful for everyone, right now? Do Large Language Models become universal tools that can do ‘any’ task, or do we wrap … Continue reading →

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DM Vendors adding GenAI to their Products

Posted on April 19, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Sparkling Logic announced the launch of AI Assistant, that leverages a large language model (LLM) form of generative AI pre-trained on various decision management tasks. Users will be able to interact with AI Assistant using natural language to create and … Continue reading →

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Solvers for Scheduling and Routing Problems

Posted on April 16, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

LocalSolver has been renamed to Hexaly which claims to be the world’s fastest optimization solver for Routing, Scheduling, and Packing problems. Link Check out also Timefold solver that handles the same problems and now inherited OptaPlanner after Red Hat announced … Continue reading →

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Gen AI Art from Jim Sinur

Posted on April 16, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Jim Sinur: “All of the art for the first quarter resulted from experiments with Gen AI. I used Kaiber for the videos and Microsoft Image Creator. I started the videos with the following images to give the AI tool a … Continue reading →

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“I’ve been a little bit embarrassed to be associated with AI recently”

Posted on April 14, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This was written today by Cassie Kozyrkov, Google’s first Chief Decision Scientist. “Can we calm down, please? AI is just another approach to automation. Automation is not new and it’s not ‘solved‘…  I understand the AI disillusionment that’s been creeping … Continue reading →

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Solving an Optimization Problem by Don Knuth

Posted on April 13, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In 1960, the famed computer scientist Don Knuth wrote a technical paper in which he considered an integer programming model for minimizing memory access latency of an IBM 650. It included 51 variables and 43 constraints. Knuth ran Gomory’s algorithm on … Continue reading →

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Decision-Centric vs Data-Driven

Posted on April 8, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Gartner predicts that by 2028, 25% of chief data and analytics officer vision statements will become “decision-centric”, surpassing “data-driven” slogans, as human decision-making behaviors are modeled to improve Data &Analytics value. Link Arash Aghlara goes further suggesting that Data & … Continue reading →

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