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AI to Data or Data to AI?

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In lane one: Your AI pilots keep š—°š—æš—®š˜€š—µš—¶š—»š—“ š—¶š—»š˜š—¼ š—ŗš—²š˜€š˜€š˜† š—±š—®š˜š—® like it's a brick wall. "š—Ŗš—² š—»š—²š—²š—± š—°š—¹š—²š—®š—» š—±š—®š˜š—® š—³š—¶š—æš˜€š˜!" everyone shouts.

In lane two: Your š—ŗš—¶š—¹š—¹š—¶š—¼š—»-š—±š—¼š—¹š—¹š—®š—æ š—±š—®š˜š—® š—½š—¹š—®š˜š—³š—¼š—æš—ŗ š˜€š—¶š˜š˜€ š—²š—ŗš—½š˜š˜† while teams email spreadsheets. "š—§š—¼š—¼ š—°š—¼š—ŗš—½š—¹š—¶š—°š—®š˜š—²š—±!" they complain.

š—›š—²š—æš—²'š˜€ š˜š—µš—² š—½š—¹š—¼š˜ š˜š˜„š—¶š˜€š˜...

š—Ŗš—µš—®š˜ š—¶š—³ š˜š—µš—²š˜€š—² š˜„š—²š—æš—²š—»'š˜ š˜š˜„š—¼ š—½š—æš—¼š—Æš—¹š—²š—ŗš˜€, š—Æš˜‚š˜ š˜š˜„š—¼ š—µš—®š—¹š˜ƒš—²š˜€ š—¼š—³ š˜š—µš—² š˜€š—®š—ŗš—² š˜€š—¼š—¹š˜‚š˜š—¶š—¼š—»?

Instead of AI waiting for perfect data, š—”š—œ š—Æš—²š—°š—¼š—ŗš—²š˜€ š˜†š—¼š˜‚š—æ š—±š—®š˜š—® š—·š—®š—»š—¶š˜š—¼š—æ. It finds the PII hiding in random fields. Standardizes those šŸ°šŸ³ š—±š—²š—³š—¶š—»š—¶š˜š—¶š—¼š—»š˜€ š—¼š—³ "š—°š˜‚š˜€š˜š—¼š—ŗš—²š—æ." Makes sense of the mess. Then - here's where it gets interesting - š˜š—µš—®š˜ š—°š—¹š—²š—®š—»š—²š—æ š—±š—®š˜š—® š—ŗš—®š—øš—²š˜€ š˜†š—¼š˜‚š—æ š—”š—œ š˜€š—ŗš—®š—æš˜š—²š—æ. Which makes it better at cleaning data. Which makes the AI even smarter.

š—œš˜'š˜€ š—® š—³š—¹š˜†š˜„š—µš—²š—²š—¹. š—˜š—®š—°š—µ š˜š˜‚š—æš—» š—“š—²š˜š˜€ š—³š—®š˜€š˜š—²š—æ.

Suddenly, your dusty data platform? š—£š—²š—¼š—½š—¹š—² š—®š—°š˜š˜‚š—®š—¹š—¹š˜† š˜‚š˜€š—² š—¶š˜ because they can ask questions in plain English. "š—¦š—µš—¼š˜„ š—ŗš—² š—°š˜‚š˜€š˜š—¼š—ŗš—²š—æš˜€ š—¹š—¶š—øš—²š—¹š˜† š˜š—¼ š—°š—µš˜‚š—æš—»" just... works. š—§š—µš—² š˜š—¼š—¼š—¹š˜€ š˜š—µš—®š˜ š—³š—æš˜‚š˜€š˜š—æš—®š˜š—²š—± š—²š˜ƒš—²š—æš˜†š—¼š—»š—² š—Æš—²š—°š—¼š—ŗš—² š˜š—µš—² š˜š—¼š—¼š—¹š˜€ š˜š—µš—®š˜ š—²š—ŗš—½š—¼š˜„š—²š—æ š—²š˜ƒš—²š—æš˜†š—¼š—»š—².

šŸµšŸ¬% š—¼š—³ š—³š—¶š—»š—®š—»š—°š—¶š—®š—¹ š—³š—¶š—æš—ŗš˜€ š—±š—¼š—¶š—»š—“ š˜š—µš—¶š˜€ š—æš—²š—½š—¼š—æš˜ šŸ²%+ š—æš—²š˜ƒš—²š—»š˜‚š—² š—“š—®š—¶š—»š˜€. Not from buying new tech. From š—°š—¼š—»š—»š—²š—°š˜š—¶š—»š—“ š˜„š—µš—®š˜ š˜š—µš—²š˜† š—®š—¹š—æš—²š—®š—±š˜† š—µš—®š˜ƒš—².

š—¬š—¼š˜‚š—æ š—ŗš—¼š˜ƒš—²: š—¦š˜š—¼š—½ š˜š—æš—²š—®š˜š—¶š—»š—“ š—”š—œ š—®š—»š—± š—±š—®š˜š—® š—®š˜€ š˜€š—²š—½š—®š—æš—®š˜š—² š—Æš—®š˜š˜š—¹š—²š˜€. š—¦š˜š—®š—æš˜ š˜š—µš—² š—³š—¹š˜†š˜„š—µš—²š—²š—¹.