Category Archives: Artificial Intelligence

Rodney Brooks’s 1988 article “Al: great expectations”

Posted on June 23, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

He just posted on LinkedIn: “Every so often a new AI development comes along and great excitement ensues as people stumble over themselves convinced that the key to intelligence has been unlocked.” Me writing about AI overhype 37+ years ago. … Continue reading →

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Gartner: “AI is not doing its job”

Posted on June 19, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Speaking at the firm’s Data & Analytics Summit in Sydney, Australia, Gartner’s global chief of AI research Erick Brethenoux: “AI is not doing its job today and should leave us alone.” Brethenoux said the current wave of AI hype is fueled … Continue reading →

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“Decision-making is not prediction. It is structure.”

Posted on June 12, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Adam DeJans Jr. posted on LinkedIn: We have never had more data, more compute, or more machine learning. But most systems still fail to make good decisions. Why? Most “AI” systems today forecast something and hand it off to a … Continue reading →

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Modeling Logic Isn’t for Everyone

Posted on June 9, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

An article with this name was posted today by Stefaan Lambrecht, a frequent presenter at DecisionCAMP. “Why can’t everyone on the business side just model decisions, cases, and processes using DMN, CMMN, and BPMN?” Ah. If only it were that … Continue reading →

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Collapse of Reasoning Models?

Posted on June 8, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Apple’s ML scientists put to the test the latest “reasoning” models, like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini. They made these models solve classic puzzles: Tower of Hanoi, Checker Jumping, River Crossing, and Blocks World. Their findings “reveal fundamental limitations in current … Continue reading →

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AI Yes-Men

Posted on June 3, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Pieter van Schalkwyk posted on LinkedIn “When AI Agents Tell You What You Want to Hear: The Sycophancy Problem“. In particular, he says: “Modern AI models learn to maximize user satisfaction metrics. This training creates a fundamental bias toward telling … Continue reading →

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Can AI Agents Replace Professional Engineering Intelligence?

Posted on May 26, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Pieter van Schalkwyk: “Most current AI agents are sophisticated chatbots with language models. They excel at content creation but cannot make professional decisions. This is like asking a talented writer to perform brain surgery.” “When Microsoft Copilot writes a maintenance … Continue reading →

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Large Companies vs Startups in the age of AI

Posted on May 21, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Andrew NG states that “large companies are slower than startups for many reasons. But why are even 3-person, scrappy teams within large companies slower than startups of a similar size? One major reason is that large companies have more to … Continue reading →

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AI and Customer Service

Posted on May 17, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“Over a year after claiming that its AI chatbot could do the work of 700 representatives, Klarna is turning back to people to help with customer service work. The shift highlights the need for the option to speak to a … Continue reading →

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AI Protects Against Scams

Posted on May 11, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Online and phone scams, some of them powered by generative AI tools, surged in 2024 and continue to rise. Now, Google is deploying some of its latest AI models to help protect users from these threats. One such model is Gemini Nano, … Continue reading →

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